| Painted Desert | |
| Director: | David Howard |
| Producer: | Bert Gilroy |
| Screenplay: | John Rathmell Oliver Drake |
| Story: | Jack Cunningham |
| Starring: | George O'Brien Laraine Johnson Ray Whitley |
| Music: | Roy Webb |
| Cinematography: | Harry Wild |
| Editing: | Frederick Knudston |
| Studio: | RKO Pictures |
| Distributor: | RKO Pictures |
| Runtime: | 59 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
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]
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.