Painted Desert (1938 film)
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| Directed by | David Howard |
| Produced by | Bert Gilroy |
| Screenplay by | John Rathmell Oliver Drake |
| Story by | Jack Cunningham |
| Starring |
George O'Brien Laraine Johnson Ray Whitley |
| Music by | Roy Webb |
| Cinematography | Harry Wild |
| Edited by | Frederick Knudston |
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| Distributed by | RKO Pictures |
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Release date
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August 12, 1938 |
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Running time
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59 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Painted Desert is a 1938 Western film directed by David Howard and starring George O'Brien and Laraine Day (billed as "Laraine Johnson"). The picture is a remake of The Painted Desert, which stars William Boyd and features an early appearance by Clark Gable in a major supporting role. The movie was partially filmed on location in Red Rock Canyon, a popular filming location during the 1930s and 1940s, with a multitude of B-Westerns being filmed there.
Bob, a young rancher, buys a mine on his leased land to prevent the working of it. However, surveys show a valuable mineral deposit, so he and Carol, the granddaughter of the discoverer of the mine, who has been forced to sell it to a crook, start operations on it. Fawcett, the crook, schemes to get the mine back, but is outwitted at every turn and loses his life in the dynamiting which he inspired.
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