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Painted Desert (1938 film)
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Wikipedia article
'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.
Plot
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.
Cast
* George O'Brien - Bob McVey
* Laraine Day - Miss Carol Banning (billed as Laraine Johnson)
* Ray Whitley - Steve
* Stanley Fields - Bill
* Maude Allen - Yukon Kate
* Fred Kohler - Hugh Fawcett (billed as Fred Kohler Sr.)
* Lloyd Ingraham - Charles M. Banning
* Harry Cording - Henchman Burke
* Max Wagner - Henchman Kincaid
* Lee Shumway - Bart Currie
* William V. Mong - Banker Heist
References
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