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The Desert Song
1929 4.5 (2 votes) 2h 3m
Genres
Music Romance
Production Companies
Warner Bros. Pictures

The Desert Song

Warner Brothers' spectacular SINGING success

Overview

French General Birabeau has been sent to Morocco to root out and destroy the Riffs, a band of Arab rebels, who threaten the safety of the French outpost in the Moroccan desert. Their dashing, daredevil leader is the mysterious "Red Shadow". Margot Bonvalet, a lovely, sassy French girl, is soon to be married at the fort to Birabeau's right-hand man, Captain Fontaine. Birabeau's son Pierre, in reality the Red Shadow, loves Margot, but pretends to be a milksop to preserve his secret identity. Margot tells Pierre that she secretly yearns to be swept into the arms of some bold, dashing sheik, perhaps even the Red Shadow himself. Pierre, as the Red Shadow, kidnaps Margot and declares his love for her.

Key Crew

Screenplay: Harvey Gates

Director: Roy Del Ruth

Director of Photography: Barney McGill

Story: Oscar Hammerstein II, Frank Mandel, Otto A. Harbach

Top Cast

John Boles
John Boles

The Red Shadow

Carlotta King

Margot

Louise Fazenda
Louise Fazenda

Susan

Johnny Arthur
Johnny Arthur

Benny Kidd

Edward Martindel
Edward Martindel

General Bierbeau

Jack Pratt
Jack Pratt

Pasha

Roberto E. Guzmán

Sid El Kar

Otto Hoffman
Otto Hoffman

Hasse

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