The Painted Desert (1931)
Overview
Western pardners Jeff and Cash find a baby boy in an otherwise deserted emigrants' camp, and clash over which is to be "father." They are still bitterly feuding years later when they own adjacent ranches. Bill, the foundling whom Cash has raised to young manhood, wants to end the feud and extends an olive branch toward Jeff, who now has a lovely daughter. But during a mining venture, the bitterness escalates. Is Bill to be set against his own adoptive father?
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 6.045 |
Directed By
Howard Higgin
Crew
Tom Buckingham
Carroll Clark
Clarence Kolster
Homer Ackerman
E.B. Derr
Gwen Wakeling
Ben Winkler
Howard Higgin
Howard Higgin
Edward Snyder
TOP CAST
William Boyd
Bill Holbrook
Helen Twelvetrees
Mary Ellen Cameron
William Farnum
Cash Holbrook
J. Farrell MacDonald
Jeff Cameron
Clark Gable
Rance Brett
Charles Sellon
Tonopah
Wade Boteler
Bob Carson
Will Walling
Kirby
Hugh Adams
Dynamite
Edmund Breese
Judge Matthews
Edward Hearn
Tex (as Guy Edward Hearn)
William Le Maire
Denver (as William LeMaire)
Richard Cramer
Provney
W.F. Wallace
Extra
Clem Beauchamp
Miner
George Burton
Santa Fe
Cy Clegg
Miner
Edgar Dearing
Buck's Partner
James Donlan
Steve - Ore Wagon #2 Shotgun Rider
Brady Kline
Miner
Cliff Lyons
Rider
James Pier Mason
Shotgun Rider for Bill's Wagon
G. Raymond Nye
Bill
Rose Plumer
Judge Matthews' Housekeeper
Al St. John
Buck
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