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Painted Desert (1938)

Painted Desert poster
Directed by
David Howard
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
58 min
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A cowboy gets caught up in a conflict in the desert. He faces challenges from outlaws and must protect those around him.

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What happens

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 1931's The Painted Desert. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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