The Desperate Trail is a 1994 American Western film written and directed by P. J. Pesce and starring Sam Elliott, Craig Sheffer and Linda Fiorentino.

On a stagecoach in the old West, Marshal Bill Speakes is escorting his prisoner Sarah O'Rourke to her hanging.

When the Marshal finally shoots and kills the leader, Sarah then surprises the lawman and takes his gun.

Later, Sarah arrives and gets the drop on him, escorting him to the lobby to get the money from the safe; however both are surprised by the Marshal and Mr. Hollister.

As Jack and Sarah grow closer, she reveals that the person she was to be hanged for killing was actually the Marshal's son, who had beaten her.

Using chemicals given to him by Walter he breaks out of his cell, enabling the two of them to escape by hiding in a large crate in the shipping office.