The Painted Desert

The Painted Desert (1931) is a western film directed by Howard Higgin rated 5.2/10.

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

William Boyd

Bill Holbrook

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

Hugh Adams

Dynamite

Edmund Breese

Judge Matthews

Edward Hearn

Tex (as Guy Edward Hearn)

William Le Maire

Denver (as William LeMaire)