Desperate Trails is a 1939 American Western film directed by Albert Ray. It was the first of a series of 28 films by Universal Pictures with Brown in the lead role. Cast Johnny Mack Brown - Steve Hayden Bob Baker - Clem Waters Fuzzy Knight - Cousin Willie Strong Frances Robinson - Judith Lantry Russell Simpson - Sheriff Big Bill Tanner Clarence Wilson - Malenkthy Culp Charles Stevens - Henchman Ortega Ralph Dunn - Henchman Lon References External links 1939 Western (genre) films 1939 films American Western (genre) films American black-and-white films 1930s American films 1930s English-language films