The Painted Desert (1931)

Directors

Howard Higgin

Cast

William Boyd, Helen Twelvetrees, William Farnum, Clark Gable, J. Farrell MacDonald, Charles Sellon, Hugh Adams

The story

Two cowboy friends, Jeff and Cash, are traveling through the desert in the southwest U.S., when they come upon a baby who has been abandoned in the back of a covered wagon. Unwilling to leave the defenseless child they decide to take the baby with them; however, they argue over which of them would be better suited to raising the child. When Cash ends up prevailing in the debate, this creates a lifelong rift between the two friends.

Genres

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