Overview

Three bank robbers on the run happen across a woman about to give birth in an abandoned covered wagon. Before she dies, she names the three bandits as her newborn son's godfathers. Remade as Three Godfathers (1936) and 3 Godfathers (1949).

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Cinematography
Cinematography by George Robinson
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Details

Director: William Wyler
Writer: Peter B. KyneStory
Status: Released
Release date: December 27, 1929
Original language: English
Countries: United States of America

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Production

Cast

Charles BickfordBob Sangster
Raymond HattonTom 'Barbwire' Gibbons
Fred Kohler'Wild Bill' Kearney
Fritzi RidgewayMother
Joe De La CruzJosé
Walter JamesSheriff
Maria AlbaCarmelita
Buck ConnorsParson Jones
Jim CoreyBarfly (uncredited)
Mary GordonChoir Member (uncredited)
Edward HearnFrank Edwards (uncredited)
John HustonChurch Member (uncredited)
Bert LindleyGambler (uncredited)
Tom LondonCroupier (uncredited)
Bill NestellBarfly (uncredited)