Three Godfathers

Three Godfathers

81 mins | Drama, Action, Western | March 6, 1936

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.

Three Godfathers

81 mins | Drama, Action, Western | March 6, 1936

Three Godfathers
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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Three Godfathers
Directors Dolph Zimmer, Richard Boleslawski
Writers Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Ainsworth Morgan, Manuel Seff, Edward E. Paramore Jr., Peter B. Kyne

Cast

Chester Morris

as Robert 'Bob' Sangster

Lewis Stone

as James 'Doc' Underwood

Walter Brennan

as Samuel 'Gus' Barton

Irene Hervey

as Molly

Sidney Toler

as Professor Amos Snape

Dorothy Tree

as Blackie Winters

Roger Imhof

as Sheriff

Willard Robertson

as Reverend McLane

Robert Livingston

as Frank Benson

John Sheehan

as Ed Barrow

Joseph Marievsky

as Pedro

Victor Potel

as 'Buck Tooth'

Helen Brown

as Mrs. George Marshall

Harvey Clark

as Marcus Treen

Virginia Brissac

as Mrs. McLane

Jean Kircher

as Baby Marshall

Bernard Carr

as Ralph

Richard Cramer

as Prospector Dancing with Blackie

Tex Driscoll

as Parishioner

Jesse Graves

as Cook

Sherry Hall

as Pianist

Tiny Jones

as Townswoman at Church Social

Leonid Kinskey

as Card Player

Judith Kircher

as Baby Marshall

William McCall

as Townsman at Church Social

Art Mix

as Townsman at Church Social

Jeanne Rivello

as Baby

Rudy Sooter

as Musician

Gertrude Sutton

as Schoolmarm

Emanuel A. Turner

as Drunk at Bar

Minerva Urecal

as Parishioner

John Wallace

as Pegleg Man

Joan Wilson

as Baby