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52% Critic Match
The Painted Desert
“BLAZING ACTION”
5.2 / 10• 1931• 1h 19m•NR• English
Western
Storyline
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?
Cast & Crew
William Boyd
Bill Holbrook
Lead
Helen Twelvetrees
Mary Ellen Cameron
William Farnum
Cash Holbrook
J. Farrell MacDonald
Jeff Cameron
Clark Gable
Rance Brett
Charles Sellon
Tonopah
Wade Boteler
Bob Carson
Will Walling
Kirby
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Howard Higgin's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Painted Desert is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
