Desolation Canyon (2006)

Director
David S. Cass Sr.

Main cast
Stacy Keach; Patrick Duffy; Kelly Overton; David Rees Snell; Kenny Johnson

Genres
Western

Description
Following a bank robbery, the responsible gang stops by the home of one of their members and kidnaps his son. The sheriff enlists the aid of a retired gunfighter, who is the boy's grandfather. On the gang's trail, they find there are two bounty hunters also after the gang for crimes in Mexico.


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