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The Painted Desert
The Painted Desert

The Painted Desert

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Genres

Western

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

79 mins

Rating

4.8/10

Release Date

18 January 1931

Country

United States of America

Cast

William Boyd

William Boyd

Bill Holbrook

Helen Twelvetrees

Helen Twelvetrees

Mary Ellen Cameron

William Farnum

William Farnum

Cash Holbrook

J. Farrell MacDonald

J. Farrell MacDonald

Jeff Cameron

Clark Gable

Clark Gable

Rance Brett

Charles Sellon

Charles Sellon

Tonopah

Wade Boteler

Wade Boteler

Bob Carson

Will Walling

Will Walling

Kirby

Hugh Adams

Hugh Adams

Dynamite

Edmund Breese

Edmund Breese

Judge Matthews

Edward Hearn

Edward Hearn

Tex (as Guy Edward Hearn)

William Le Maire

William Le Maire

Denver (as William LeMaire)

Richard Cramer

Richard Cramer

Provney

W.F. Wallace

W.F. Wallace

Extra

Clem Beauchamp

Clem Beauchamp

Miner

George Burton

George Burton

Santa Fe

Cy Clegg

Cy Clegg

Miner

Edgar Dearing

Edgar Dearing

Buck's Partner

James Donlan

James Donlan

Steve - Ore Wagon #2 Shotgun Rider

Brady Kline

Brady Kline

Miner

Cliff Lyons

Cliff Lyons

Rider

James Pier Mason

James Pier Mason

Shotgun Rider for Bill's Wagon

G. Raymond Nye

G. Raymond Nye

Bill

Rose Plumer

Rose Plumer

Judge Matthews' Housekeeper

Al St. John

Al St. John

Buck

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