The Painted Desert

The Painted Desert

79 mins | Western | Jan. 18, 1931

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?

The Painted Desert

79 mins | Western | Jan. 18, 1931

The Painted Desert
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?
IMDb rating 5.2
Producers Pathé Exchange
Original title The Painted Desert
Directors Howard Higgin
Writers Howard Higgin, Tom Buckingham

Cast

William Boyd

as Bill Holbrook

Helen Twelvetrees

as Mary Ellen Cameron

William Farnum

as Cash Holbrook

J. Farrell MacDonald

as Jeff Cameron

Clark Gable

as Rance Brett

Charles Sellon

as Tonopah

Wade Boteler

as Bob Carson

Will Walling

as Kirby

Hugh Adams

as Dynamite

Edmund Breese

as Judge Matthews

Edward Hearn

as Tex (as Guy Edward Hearn)

William Le Maire

as Denver (as William LeMaire)

Richard Cramer

as Provney

W.F. Wallace

as Extra

Clem Beauchamp

as Miner

George Burton

as Santa Fe

Cy Clegg

as Miner

Edgar Dearing

as Buck's Partner

James Donlan

as Steve - Ore Wagon #2 Shotgun Rider

Brady Kline

as Miner

Cliff Lyons

as Rider

Jim Mason

as Shotgun Rider for Bill's Wagon

G. Raymond Nye

as Bill

Rose Plumer

as Judge Matthews' Housekeeper

Al St. John

as Buck