Popular Mexican action star Rodolfo De Anda stars in DUELO EN EL DESIERTO, a western about a woman torn between love and family. Laura marries retired and reformed gunslinger Billy despite her brother David"s objection to the union. Seeking to drive the couple apart, David deliberately starts a fight with Billy and seeks to blame him after being injured in the scuffle. Billy is sent to prison, and David concocts a new scheme to do away with him once and for all, while Laura and kindly priest Father Juan must prove Billy"s innocence before it"s too late. DUELO EN EL DESIERTO was written by Rodolfo De Anda"s father, Raul De Anda, who was himself a prolific screenwriter and producer in the Mexican film industry. The film also stars Fanny Cano, a popular actress in the 1960s and 1970s who died in a tragic plane crash.