Three Godfathers (1936)

6.9/10 81 min Action Drama Western

Overview

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).

Cast

Chester Morris

Robert 'Bob' Sangster

Lewis Stone

James 'Doc' Underwood

Walter Brennan

Samuel 'Gus' Barton

Irene Hervey

Molly

Sidney Toler

Professor Amos Snape

Dorothy Tree

Blackie Winters

Roger Imhof

Sheriff

Willard Robertson

Reverend McLane

Robert Livingston

Frank Benson

John Sheehan

Ed Barrow

Victor Potel

'Buck Tooth'

Helen Brown

Mrs. George Marshall

Harvey Clark

Marcus Treen

Virginia Brissac

Mrs. McLane

Richard Cramer

Prospector Dancing with Blackie (uncredited)

Tex Driscoll

Parishioner (uncredited)

Jesse Graves

Cook (uncredited)

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