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Status
Released
Release
1929
Runtime
1h 8m
Available options inUS
"The All-Talking Outdoor Classic"
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).
15 Cast Members
Charles Bickford
Bob Sangster
Raymond Hatton
Tom 'Barbwire' Gibbons
Fred Kohler
'Wild Bill' Kearney
Fritzi Ridgeway
Mother
Joe De La Cruz
José
Walter James
Sheriff
Maria Alba
Carmelita
Buck Connors
Parson Jones
Jim Corey
Barfly (uncredited)
Mary Gordon
Choir Member (uncredited)
Edward Hearn
Frank Edwards (uncredited)
John Huston
Church Member (uncredited)
Bert Lindley
Gambler (uncredited)
Tom London
Croupier (uncredited)
Bill Nestell
Barfly (uncredited)
