Desert Dust (1927)
Frank Fortune, a young rancher, is jailed along with two of his men for fighting with rival ranchers. Helen Marsden, daughter of a wealthy senator who is interested in prison reform, prevails on the judge to parole them into her custody and work at her ranch. Frank falls in love and, so as to stay on at the ranch, convinces her he is a notorious criminal. When the senator visits her with a large sum of money belonging to the state, three "reformed" crooks on the premises plan to steal it. Fortune's friends learn of the plot and decide to take the money for safekeeping, but Fortune intervenes; the real crooks do steal the funds, however, and depart with Helen in an automobile. Fortune overtakes the speeding car and rescues Helen.
- Date of release
- 1927-12-18
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Western
- Director
- William Wyler
Casting
- Ted Wells — Frank Fortune
- Lotus Thompson — Helen Marsden
- Bruce Gordon — Butch Rorke
- Jimmy Phillips — The Rat
- Slim Cole — The Parson
- George Ovey — Shorty Benton
- Richard L'Estrange — Slim Donovan
Recommended
- Ramrod 1947 · ★ 6.5
- Monte Walsh 2003 · ★ 6.1
- The Missouri Breaks 1976 · ★ 6.5
- The Five 2023 · ★ 5.9
- Terror on the Prairie 2022 · ★ 6.1
- Dead for a Dollar 2022 · ★ 5.8
- Go West 1940 · ★ 6.6
- Day of Reckoning 2025 · ★ 5.9
- From Noon Till Three 1976 · ★ 6.0
- The Harder They Fall 2021 · ★ 6.6
- Appaloosa 2008 · ★ 6.6
- The Proud Rebel 1958 · ★ 6.0