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 Ainsworth Morgan, Manuel Seff, Edward E. Paramore Jr., Peter B. Kyne, Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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 (as Jean Kirchner)

Bernard Carr

as Ralph (uncredited)

Richard Cramer

as Prospector Dancing with Blackie (uncredited)

Tex Driscoll

as Parishioner (uncredited)

Jesse Graves

as Cook (uncredited)

Sherry Hall

as Pianist (uncredited)

Tiny Jones

as Townswoman at Church Social (uncredited)

Leonid Kinskey

as Card Player (uncredited)

Judith Kircher

as Baby Marshall (uncredited)

William McCall

as Townsman at Church Social (uncredited)

Art Mix

as Townsman at Church Social (uncredited)

Jeanne Rivello

as Baby (uncredited)

Rudy Sooter

as Musician (uncredited)

Gertrude Sutton

as Schoolmarm (uncredited)

Emanuel A. Turner

as Drunk at Bar (uncredited)

Minerva Urecal

as Parishioner (uncredited)

John Wallace

as Pegleg Man (uncredited)

Joan Wilson

as Baby (uncredited)