The Painted Desert (1931)

5.2/10 79 min Western

Overview

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?

Cast

William Boyd

Bill Holbrook

Helen Twelvetrees

Mary Ellen Cameron

William Farnum

Cash Holbrook

J. Farrell MacDonald

Jeff Cameron

Clark Gable

Rance Brett

Charles Sellon

Tonopah

Wade Boteler

Bob Carson

Will Walling

Kirby

Edmund Breese

Judge Matthews

Edward Hearn

Tex (as Guy Edward Hearn)

Richard Cramer

Provney

Clem Beauchamp

Miner

George Burton

Santa Fe

Edgar Dearing

Buck's Partner

James Donlan

Steve - Ore Wagon #2 Shotgun Rider

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