Three Godfathers

Three Godfathers

On the brink of hell...a baby's smile came into the darkened souls of three bad men!

NR 1936 · 81 min · ★ 6.9 · Action, Drama, Western

In a town called New Jerusalem, three bandits hold up a bank. After a gun battle with the townspeople, the three robbers retreat into the scorching Arizona desert. There, they happen upon an ill woman stranded with her child. As the mother dies, she begs the men to take care of her infant. The fugitives want to save the baby -- but to do so, they'll have to travel back to New Jerusalem, where they are wanted men. Remade as 3 Godfathers (1949).

Directed by Richard Boleslawski · Written by Edward E. Paramore Jr.

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Cast

Chester Morris Robert 'Bob' Sangster
Lewis Stone James 'Doc' Underwood
Walter Brennan Samuel 'Gus' Barton
Irene Hervey Molly
Sidney Toler Professor Amos Snape
Dorothy Tree Blackie Winters
Roger Imhof Sheriff
Willard Robertson Reverend McLane
Robert Livingston Frank Benson
John Sheehan Ed Barrow
Joseph Marievsky Pedro
Victor Potel 'Buck Tooth'

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