Three Godfathers (1936 film)
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Language English | 7.2/10 IMDb Duration Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date March 6, 1936 Cast (Bob), ('Doc'), (Gus), (Molly), (Professor Snape), (Blackie) Similar movies Mad Max: Fury Road , Cowboys & Aliens , The Switch , Nine Months , Young Guns , Southland Tales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Three Godfathers is a 1936 western film, adapted from the novel of the same name by Peter B. Kyne. Three bank robbers find a newborn baby and his dying mother in the desert. Director John Ford remade the story in 1948 with 3 Godfathers, starring John Wayne.
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In a town called New Jerusalem, bandits Bob Sangster (Chester Morris), Doc Underwood (Lewis Stone) and Gus Barton (Walter Brennan) hold up a bank. After a gun battle with the townspeople, the three robbers retreat into the scorching 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.
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Three Godfathers (1936 film) WikipediaThree Godfathers (1936 film) IMDbThree Godfathers (1936 film) themoviedb.org