The Desperado Trail

{{Infobox film

| name = The Desperado Trail

| image = Winnetou Teil 3 Logo 001.svg

| caption =

| director = Harald Reinl

| producer = Horst Wendlandt

| based_on = {{based on|Winnetou novels|Karl May}}

| writer = {{plainlist|

{{ill|J. Joachim Bartsch|de}}
Harald G. Petersson

}}

| starring = {{ubl|Lex Barker|Pierre Brice}}

| music = Martin Böttcher

| cinematography = Ernst W. Kalinke

| editing = Jutta Hering

| distributor = {{ubl|Constantin Film (West Germany)|Columbia Pictures (United States)}}

| released = {{film date|1965|10|15|West Germany|1968|||United States|df=y}}

| runtime = 93 minutes

| country = West Germany

| language = German

| budget =

}}

The Desperado Trail ({{langx|de|Winnetou – 3. Teil}}) is a 1965 West German film directed by Harald Reinl.

Plot

After the Civil War, desperados led by a renegade named Rollins, following the settlers moving westward, try to drive a wedge in the friendship between the whites and the Indians. Apache chief Winnetou and his frontier friend, Old Shatterhand, do what they can to keep the peace. Rollins' henchmen try to keep Winnetou away from the warring Jicarillos' chief, White Buffalo, but he fights his way through, only to be confronted by Rollins carrying the chief's son, stabbed in the chest with Winnetou's knife. Winnetou is accused of the killing. It is up to Old Shatterhand to save his friend.