DESPERADOES OF THE WEST 

Republic Pictures present "Desperadoes of the West" (1950) is a 12-Chapter Republic Movie Serial starring Richard Powers (Tom Keene), Judy Clark, Roy Barcroft, I. Stanford Jolley & Lee Phelps. A race to strike oil has triggered an explosive contest of wills, wells & weapons between western & eastern raiders that's turned the frontier ablaze, at stake is the legal claim to a suspected oil rich site ... the owners will do anything to tap it and the raiders will stop at nothing to sabotage the rigs and steal the rights ... action heavy Roy Barcroft and I. Stanford Jolley is the underhanded.

Serial / Western

Cast:

Richard Powers as Ward Gordon
Judy Clark as Sally Arnold
Roy Barcroft as Hacker, a henchman
I. Stanford Jolley as J. B. "Dude" Dawson
Lee Phelps as Rusty Steele
Lee Roberts as Larson, a henchman
Cliff Clark as Colonel Arnold 

Chapter titles

1.Tower of Jeopardy

2.Perilous Barrier

3.Flaming Cargo

4.Trail of Terror

5.Plunder Cave

6.Six-Gun Hijacker

7.The Powder Keg

8.Desperate Venture

9.Stagecoach to Eternity

10.Hidden Desperado

11.Open Warfare

12.Desperate Gamble