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The Painted Desert (1931) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1931 · 79 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Howard Higgin
- Starring
- Clark Gable, Cy Clegg, William Boyd, Edmund Breese, J. Farrell MacDonald, Helen Twelvetrees
Jeff and Cash discover a baby in a deserted emigrant camp and argue over who will raise him. Years later they still feud as ranch owners. Cash raised the boy, Bill, into manhood, but Bill seeks peace, reaching out to Jeff, now a father. A mining venture reignites the rivalry, forcing Bill to choose between his adoptive father and his former mentor.
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