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The Painted Desert

The Painted Desert

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 18, 1931

Runtime

1h 19m

Genres

Western

User Score

50%

Original Title

The Painted Desert

Production Companies

Pathé Exchange

Director

Howard Higgin

Description

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?