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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.[1][2] 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.[3]

Painted Desert
Movie poster
Directed by	David Howard
Screenplay by	John Rathmell Oliver Drake
Story by	Jack Cunningham
Produced by	Bert Gilroy
Starring	George O'Brien Laraine Johnson Ray Whitley
Cinematography	Harry Wild
Edited by	Frederick Knudston
Music by	Roy Webb
Production company	RKO Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Pictures
Release date	August 12, 1938
Running time	59 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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

External links

• Painted Desert at IMDb
• Painted Desert at AllMovie
• Painted Desert at the TCM Movie Database
• Painted Desert at the American Film Institute Catalog

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