Painted Desert (1938 film)

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 as Bob McVey
 * Laraine Day as Miss Carol Banning (billed as Laraine Johnson)
 * Ray Whitley as Steve
 * Stanley Fields as Bill
 * Maude Allen as Yukon Kate
 * Fred Kohler a sHugh Fawcett (billed as Fred Kohler Sr.)
 * Lloyd Ingraham as Charles M. Banning
 * Harry Cording as Henchman Burke
 * Max Wagner as Henchman Kincaid
 * Lee Shumway as Bart Currie
 * William V. Mong as Banker Heist