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The Painted Desert
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The Painted Desert

1931-01-18 · 79 min · ★ 5.2

Western

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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Directors
Howard Higgin
Production companies
Pathé Exchange
Countries
United States of America
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Top Cast

William BoydWilliam BoydBill Holbrook
Helen TwelvetreesHelen TwelvetreesMary Ellen Cameron
William FarnumWilliam FarnumCash Holbrook
J. Farrell MacDonaldJ. Farrell MacDonaldJeff Cameron
Clark GableClark GableRance Brett
Charles SellonCharles SellonTonopah
Wade BotelerWade BotelerBob Carson
Will WallingWill WallingKirby
Hugh AdamsDynamite
Edmund BreeseEdmund BreeseJudge Matthews
Edward HearnEdward HearnTex (as Guy Edward Hearn)
William Le MaireDenver (as William LeMaire)
Richard CramerRichard CramerProvney
W.F. WallaceExtra
Clem BeauchampClem BeauchampMiner
George BurtonGeorge BurtonSanta Fe
Cy CleggMiner
Edgar DearingEdgar DearingBuck's Partner
James DonlanJames DonlanSteve - Ore Wagon #2 Shotgun Rider
Brady KlineMiner

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