Three Godfathers
“On the brink of hell...a baby's smile came into the darkened souls of three bad men!”
In a town called New Jerusalem, three bandits hold up a bank. After a gun battle with the townspeople, the three robbers retreat into the scorching Arizona desert. There, they happen upon an ill woman stranded with her child. As the mother dies, she begs the men to take care of her infant. The fugitives want to save the baby -- but to do so, they'll have to travel back to New Jerusalem, where they are wanted men. Remade as 3 Godfathers (1949).
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Chester Morris
Robert 'Bob' Sangster
Known for
The Big House
The Divorcee
Lewis Stone
James 'Doc' Underwood
Known for
The Lost World
Grand Hotel
Walter Brennan
Samuel 'Gus' Barton
Known for
Rio Bravo
To Have and Have Not
Irene Hervey
Molly
Known for
Play Misty for Me
Cactus Flower
Sidney Toler
Professor Amos Snape
Known for
Our Relations
Blonde Venus
Dorothy Tree
Blackie Winters
Known for
The Asphalt Jungle
The Men
Roger Imhof
Sheriff
Known for
The Grapes of Wrath
This Gun for Hire
Willard Robertson
Reverend McLane
Known for
Remember the Night
The Ox-Bow Incident
Robert Livingston
Frank Benson
Also in
The Naughty Stewardesses
Valley of the Zombies
John Sheehan
Ed Barrow
Also in
House of Mystery
Trimmed in Furs
Joseph Marievsky
Pedro
Also in
The Love of Zero
The Cossacks
Victor Potel
'Buck Tooth'
Known for
Sullivan's Travels
The Palm Beach Story
Richard Boleslawski Director · Edward E. Paramore Jr. Screenplay Manuel Seff Screenplay
United States release March 6, 1936 · Produced in United States
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 6, 1936
Theatrical
Denmark
July 16, 1936 · Theatrical
Germany
December 4, 1986 · TV · West German TV premiere
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