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62% Critic Match
The Desert Song
“Warner Brothers' spectacular SINGING success”
6.2 / 10• 1929• 2h 3m•NR• English
MusicRomance
Storyline
French General Birabeau has been sent to Morocco to root out and destroy the Riffs, a band of Arab rebels, who threaten the safety of the French outpost in the Moroccan desert. Their dashing, daredevil leader is the mysterious "Red Shadow". Margot Bonvalet, a lovely, sassy French girl, is soon to be married at the fort to Birabeau's right-hand man, Captain Fontaine. Birabeau's son Pierre, in reality the Red Shadow, loves Margot, but pretends to be a milksop to preserve his secret identity. Margot tells Pierre that she secretly yearns to be swept into the arms of some bold, dashing sheik, perhaps even the Red Shadow himself. Pierre, as the Red Shadow, kidnaps Margot and declares his love for her.
Cast & Crew
John Boles
The Red Shadow
LeadCK
Carlotta King
Margot
Louise Fazenda
Susan
Johnny Arthur
Benny Kidd
Edward Martindel
General Bierbeau
Jack Pratt
Pasha
RE
Roberto E. Guzmán
Sid El Kar
Otto Hoffman
Hasse
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Roy Del Ruth's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Desert Song is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
