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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
The Red Shadow
Carlotta King
Margot
Louise Fazenda
Susan
Johnny Arthur
Benny Kidd
Edward Martindel
General Bierbeau
Jack Pratt
Pasha
Roberto E. Guzmán
Sid El Kar
Otto Hoffman
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