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The Desert Song

The Desert Song

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 8, 1929

Runtime

2h 3m

Genres

Music, Romance

User Score

45%

Original Title

The Desert Song

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Director

Roy Del Ruth

Budget

$354,000

Revenue

$3,022,000

Description

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.