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69% Critic Match
Three Godfathers
“On the brink of hell...a baby's smile came into the darkened souls of three bad men!”
6.9 / 10• 1936• 1h 21m•NR• English
ActionDramaWestern
Storyline
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. Remade as 3 Godfathers (1949).
Cast & Crew
Chester Morris
Robert 'Bob' Sangster
Lead
Lewis Stone
James 'Doc' Underwood
Walter Brennan
Samuel 'Gus' Barton
Irene Hervey
Molly
Sidney Toler
Professor Amos Snape
Dorothy Tree
Blackie Winters
Roger Imhof
Sheriff
Willard Robertson
Reverend McLane
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Richard Boleslawski's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Three Godfathers is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
