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The Painted Desert is a american film of genre Action directed by Howard Higgin released in USA on 7 march 1931 with William Boyd

The Painted Desert (1931)

The Painted Desert
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Released in USA 7 march 1931
Length 1h25
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Action,    Western
Rating52% 2.607542.607542.607542.607542.60754

The Painted Desert is a 1931 American Pre-Code film released by RKO Radio Pictures. Produced by E. B. Derr, it was directed by Howard Higgin, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Tom Buckingham. It starred low-budget Western stars William Boyd (in his pre-Hopalong Cassidy days) and Helen Twelvetrees, and featured a young Clark Gable in his talking film debut. The picture was shot mostly on location in Arizona.

Synopsis

Two cowboy friends, Jeff (J. Farrell MacDonald) and Cash (William Farnum), are traveling through the desert in the southwest U.S., when they come upon a baby who has been abandoned in the back of a covered wagon. They can't leave the defenseless child, so decide to take the baby with them, however, they argue over which of them would be better suited to raising the child. When Cash ends up prevailing in the debate, this creates a lifelong rift between the two friends.

Actors

William Boyd

(Bill Holbrook)Clark Gable

(Rance Brett)Helen Twelvetrees

(Mary Ellen Cameron)William Farnum

(Cash Holbrook)Edmund Breese

(Judge Matthews)
And :
J. Farrell MacDonald
Richard Cramer
Wade Boteler
Al St. John
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