The Desperadoes is a 1943 American Western film directed by Charles Vidor and starring Randolph Scott, Claire Trevor, Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes and Edgar Buchanan.

[2] Based on a story by Max Brand, the film is about a wanted outlaw who arrives in town to rob a bank that has already been held up.

The holdup was secretly masterminded by corrupt banker Stanley Clanton and the livery stable's boss, "Uncle Willie" McLeod, with the help of ruthless gunman Jack Lester, who shoots three innocent men.

"The Countess", who runs gambling at the saloon, is in love with Cheyenne, who was hired to help rob the bank but arrived too late.

Lester turns the town against Cheyenne, revealing his outlaw past, and then his sidekick Nitro pulls off another robbery of the bank.