The Desert Rider

{{short description|1929 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Desert Rider

| image = The Desert Rider 1929.jpg

| caption = Movie poster

| director = Nick Grinde

| producer =

| screenplay = Harry Sinclair Drago
Oliver Drake

| story = Milton H. Bren
Ted Shane

| starring = Tim McCoy
Raquel Torres
Bert Roach
Edward Connelly
Harry Woods
Jess Cavin

| cinematography = Arthur Reed

| editing = William LeVanway

| studio = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

| distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

| released = {{Film date|1929|5|11}}

| runtime = 60 minutes

| country = United States

| language = Silent
English intertitles

}}

The Desert Rider is a 1929 American silent Western film directed by Nick Grinde and written by Harry Sinclair Drago and Oliver Drake. The film stars Tim McCoy, Raquel Torres, Bert Roach, Edward Connelly, Harry Woods and Jess Cavin.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/1543/the-desert-rider|title= The Desert Rider (1929) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=November 10, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=1425|title= The Desert Rider|publisher=AFI|accessdate=November 10, 2014}} The film was released on May 11, 1929, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.