Two men find an abandoned baby and fight over the ownership of the child, resulting in lifelong rivalry.Two men find an abandoned baby and fight over the ownership of the child, resulting in lifelong rivalry.Two men find an abandoned baby and fight over the ownership of the child, resulting in lifelong rivalry.
William Boyd
- Bill Holbrook
- (as Bill Boyd)
Edward Hearn
- Tex
- (as Guy Edward Hearn)
William Le Maire
- Denver
- (as William LeMaire)
Clem Beauchamp
- Miner
- (uncredited)
George Burton
- Santa Fe
- (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
- Buck's Partner
- (uncredited)
James Donlan
- Steve - Ore Wagon #2 Shotgun Rider
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaWilliam Boyd and Clark Gable, during the making of the film (11 October 1930), narrowly escaped serious injury from falling rock after two tons of explosives went off with considerably more force than planned in Dinosaur Canyon, some 70 miles northwest of Flagstaff, Arizona. While Boyd and Gable were 200 feet from the blast, rocks and boulders rained down between where they were standing. Not so lucky were a number of technicians, some 15 of whom were taken to hospitals in Flagstaff and Tuba City, and director Howard Higgin, who suffered a broken ankle and various cuts. The female lead, Helen Twelvetrees, had already returned to Los Angeles, as most of the principal photography was completed. Dynamite and black powder had been placed in the face of a 400-foot cliff and in an old mine tunnel, the explosion being expected to crumble the cliff. Unexpected presence of hard rock lent the blast violence that had not been anticipated, and showered rock and stone over an area of nearly half a mile.
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Mary Ellen Cameron: Well, Dad, if they think they're going water cattle here tonight, here's two Winchesters who'll say they ain't!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963)
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Two long time friends find a baby boy left behind within an abandoned camp in old Arizona, and their conflict over who should take charge of the infant quickly lowers their relationship to the freezing point, where it remains for over 20 years although they are neighbouring ranchers, and the grown youth's attempt to bring about a reconciliation forms the heart of this interesting early western. William Boyd, later renowned as Hopalong Cassidy, is featured as the young man, Bill, raised by Cash Holbrook (William Farnum), with J. Farrell MacDonald as Jeff Cameron, the other of the feuding pair, and when Bill, a mining engineer, discovers a valuable lode of tungsten ore on Cameron's land, he forthwith fosters a mining project which he believes will be putting an end to the longstanding conflict. Actually filmed in Arizona's scenic Painted Desert region, the work is efficiently directed by Howard Higgin, who is abetted by the fine camerawork of Edward Snyder, with excellent sets arranged by Carroll Clark, and the cast generally performs well, a strong performance being given by Clark Gable as a completely unrepentant villain, only the tasteless characterization by Helen Twelvetrees as Cameron's daughter tainting the production.
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- Runtime1 hour 19 minutes
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