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The Painted Desert
“BLAZING ACTION”
52%
Movie
1h 19m
AI Analysis
The Painted Desert (1931) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Painted Desert (1931) — a movie tagged as Western with balanced tone moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: 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 tow… Our models also surface themes such as ai, family, and war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~79 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Painted Desert 52% (19 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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Synopsis
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?
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1931-01-18
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- TMDB rating
- 5.2
- TMDB ID
- 42813
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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 r... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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The official runtime for The Painted Desert is approximately 79 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
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
- H
Hugh Adams
Dynamite
Edmund Breese
Judge Matthews
Edward Hearn
Tex (as Guy Edward Hearn)
- W
William Le Maire
Denver (as William LeMaire)
Richard Cramer
Provney
- W
W.F. Wallace
Extra
Clem Beauchamp
Miner
George Burton
Santa Fe
- C
Cy Clegg
Miner
Edgar Dearing
Buck's Partner
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