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20 Mule Team
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20 Mule Team

1940-05-03 · 84 min · ★ 6.6

Western

It is 1892 in Death Valley and the yields from the Borax ore are getting so small that refining it is a losing proposition. The only thing that will save the company is a new deposit of high grade Borax, and Skinner Bill Bragg has a pouch of it that he got from a dead prospector he buried on the road. Stag Roper knows the value of the strike could be worth millions, but he needs Bragg to find the prospector's claim so they can record it and become rich partners. While Roper has no intention of cutting Bragg in on the millions, he also has his eye on young Jean Johnson. Josie Johnson, Jean's mother, sees Roper as the scalawag he is, and that means trouble in Furnace Flat.

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Directors
Richard Thorpe
Production companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Wallace BeeryWallace BeerySkinner Bill Bragg, an Alias of Ambrose Murphy
Leo CarrilloLeo CarrilloPiute Pete
Marjorie RambeauMarjorie RambeauJosie Johnson
Anne BaxterAnne BaxterJean Johnson
Douglas FowleyDouglas FowleyStag Roper
Noah Beery Jr.Noah Beery Jr.Mitch
Berton ChurchillBerton Churchill'Jackass' Brown
Arthur HohlArthur HohlSalters
Clem BevansClem BevansChuckawalla
Charles HaltonCharles HaltonHenry Adams
Minor WatsonMinor WatsonMarshal
Oscar O'SheaOscar O'SheaTrain Conductor
Lloyd IngrahamLloyd IngrahamStockholder
Sam AppelSam AppelProprietor
John BeckJohn BeckJeff, Worker Asking for Pay
Hank BellHank BellFirst Barfly Counting Bill's Money
Joseph E. BernardJoseph E. BernardSecond Barfly Counting Bill's Money
Eddie BordenEddie BordenFifth Barfly Counting Bill's Money
Ed BradyEd BradyBarfly at Table
George ChesebroGeorge ChesebroWorker

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