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The Painted Desert

"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?

Top Cast

  • William Boyd

    William Boyd

    Bill Holbrook

  • Helen Twelvetrees

    Helen Twelvetrees

    Mary Ellen Cameron

  • William Farnum

    William Farnum

    Cash Holbrook

  • J. Farrell MacDonald

    J. Farrell MacDonald

    Jeff Cameron

  • Clark Gable

    Clark Gable

    Rance Brett

  • Charles Sellon

    Charles Sellon

    Tonopah

  • Wade Boteler

    Wade Boteler

    Bob Carson

  • Will Walling

    Will Walling

    Kirby

  • Hugh Adams

    Hugh Adams

    Dynamite

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?

Rating

5.2 / 10
19 Reviews
1 Popular

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