
The Desert Song (1929)
Overview
French General Birabeau has been sent to Morocco to root out and destroy the Riffs, a band of Arab rebels, who threaten the safety of the French outpost in the Moroccan desert. Their dashing, daredevil leader is the mysterious "Red Shadow". Margot Bonvalet, a lovely, sassy French girl, is soon to be married at the fort to Birabeau's right-hand man, Captain Fontaine. Birabeau's son Pierre, in reality the Red Shadow, loves Margot, but pretends to be a milksop to preserve his secret identity. Margot tells Pierre that she secretly yearns to be swept into the arms of some bold, dashing sheik, perhaps even the Red Shadow himself. Pierre, as the Red Shadow, kidnaps Margot and declares his love for her.
Production Companies

Additional Info
Budget | $354,000.00 |
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Revenue | $3,022,000.00 |
Original Language | en |
Popularity | 0.1836401785714286 |
Directed By
Roy Del Ruth
Crew
Roy Del Ruth
Harvey Gates
Ralph Dawson
Earl Luick
Barney McGill
Otto A. Harbach
Oscar Hammerstein II
Frank Mandel
Oscar Hammerstein II
Otto A. Harbach
Sigmund Romberg
Sigmund Romberg
TOP CAST

John Boles
The Red Shadow
Carlotta King
Margot

Louise Fazenda
Susan

Johnny Arthur
Benny Kidd

Edward Martindel
General Bierbeau

Jack Pratt
Pasha
Roberto E. Guzmán
Sid El Kar

Otto Hoffman
Hasse

Marie Wells
Clementina

John Miljan
Captain Fontaine
Del Elliott
Rebel

Myrna Loy
Azuri