Three fugitives risk their lives to bring a newborn baby out of the desert to safety.Three fugitives risk their lives to bring a newborn baby out of the desert to safety.Three fugitives risk their lives to bring a newborn baby out of the desert to safety.
Jean Kircher
- Baby
- (as Jean Kirchner)
Bernard Carr
- Ralph
- (uncredited)
Richard Cramer
- Prospector Dancing with Blackie
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaSam McDaniel (Cook), Dewey Robinson and Charles Stevens (Horse Thieves) are in studio records for their roles, but they were not seen in the movie.
- Goofs(at about 45 mins) When Doc arrives to the place where the baby's mother is buried, there is a shadow covering only a small area where the rock pile and cross are. In the very next edit, the site is in total sunlight, with nothing nearby that could have cast such a shadow, too small and well-defined to have been cast by a cloud.
- Quotes
Robert 'Bob' Sangster: There ain't no Santy Claus!
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Incredible Hulk: Two Godmothers (1981)
- SoundtracksShe'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain When She Comes
(uncredited)
Traditional
Played at the Christmas social
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Despite being a little "heavy handed" and melodramatic, a wonderful Western
This is apparently the second remake of this film. While I have not seen the two prior versions, I did see the 1948 John Wayne remake and the two films are different enough (especially the endings--I preferred the more realistic way it was handled in this version) and I recommend you see both. And, overall I strongly prefer this film to the 1948 one.
Chester Morris was the main star in this film, though today he's mostly been forgotten despite the many films he starred in during the era. The other two co-star bandits are Lewis Stone (yes, the kindly "Judge Hardy" from the Hardy Family series) and Walter Brennan. All did a competent job and the entire movie is well written and directed and is far more watchable than the average Western. About the only problem, and it's a minor one, is that occasionally the film becomes a little bit too melodramatic and heavy-handed. But it also gets high marks for being less predictable and more entertaining that what you usually find in the genre.
Chester Morris was the main star in this film, though today he's mostly been forgotten despite the many films he starred in during the era. The other two co-star bandits are Lewis Stone (yes, the kindly "Judge Hardy" from the Hardy Family series) and Walter Brennan. All did a competent job and the entire movie is well written and directed and is far more watchable than the average Western. About the only problem, and it's a minor one, is that occasionally the film becomes a little bit too melodramatic and heavy-handed. But it also gets high marks for being less predictable and more entertaining that what you usually find in the genre.
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- planktonrules
- Aug 3, 2006
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- Das Wunder in der Wüste
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- Runtime1 hour 21 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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