Description

The Painted Desert (1931 in film) is a film released by RKO Radio Pictures, produced by E. B. Derr, it was directed by Howard Higgin, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Tom Buckingham. It starred low-budget Western (genre) stars William Boyd (actor) (in his pre-Hopalong Cassidy days) and Helen Twelvetrees, and featured a young Clark Gable in his sound film debut. The picture was shot mostly on location in Arizona.

Cast

• William Boyd (actor) as Bill Holbrook
• Helen Twelvetrees as Mary Ellen Cameron
• William Farnum as Bill ‘Cash’ Holbrook
• J. Farrell MacDonald as Jeff Cameron
• Clark Gable as Rance Brett
• Charles Sellon as Tonopah
• Hugh Adams as ‘Dynamite’
• Wade Boteler as Bob Carson – Ore Wagon #1 Driver
• Will Walling as Kirby
• Edmund Breese as Judge Matthews
• Guy Edward Hearn as Tex
• Al St. John as Buck