The Painted Desert
5.2
“BLAZING ACTION”
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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Cast
25 people
William Boyd
Bill Holbrook
Known for
The King of Kings
Helen Twelvetrees
Mary Ellen Cameron
Also in
Her Man
Millie
William Farnum
Cash Holbrook
Known for
Samson and Delilah
Jack and the Beanstalk
J. Farrell MacDonald
Jeff Cameron
Known for
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
My Darling Clementine
Clark Gable
Rance Brett
Known for
Gone with the Wind
It Happened One Night
Charles Sellon
Tonopah
Known for
It's a Gift
Wade Boteler
Bob Carson
Also in
The Mandarin Mystery
Bird of Paradise
Will Walling
Kirby
Known for
The Iron Horse
Hugh Adams
Dynamite
Edmund Breese
Judge Matthews
Known for
Duck Soup
All Quiet on the Western Front
Edward Hearn
Tex (as Guy Edward Hearn)
Also in
Eleanor's Catch
The Sign of the Claw
William Le Maire
Denver (as William LeMaire)
Known for
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Howard Higgin Director · Tom Buckingham Story Edward Snyder Cinematographer
United States release January 18, 1931 · Produced in United States
Production
Pathé Exchange
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 18, 1931
Theatrical
United States
March 7, 1931 · Theatrical
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