Three Godfathers
On the brink of hell...a baby's smile came into the darkened souls of three bad men!
1936 | 81m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | Richard Boleslawski |
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| Writer: | Peter B. Kyne, Edward E. Paramore Jr., Manuel Seff, Ainsworth Morgan, Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
| Staring: |
| 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). | |
| Release Date: | Mar 06, 1936 |
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| Director: | Richard Boleslawski |
| Writer: | Peter B. Kyne, Edward E. Paramore Jr., Manuel Seff, Ainsworth Morgan, Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
| Genres: | Action, Drama, Western |
| Keywords | baby, thirst, outlaw, remake, bank robbery, desert, tuberculosis, posse, return to hometown |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 28, 2026 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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' |
| Helen Brown | Mrs. George Marshall |
| Harvey Clark | Marcus Treen |
| Virginia Brissac | Mrs. McLane |
| Jean Kircher | Baby Marshall |
| Bernard Carr | Ralph (uncredited) |
| Richard Cramer | Prospector Dancing with Blackie (uncredited) |
| Tex Driscoll | Parishioner (uncredited) |
| Jesse Graves | Cook (uncredited) |
| Sherry Hall | Pianist (uncredited) |
| Tiny Jones | Townswoman at Church Social (uncredited) |
| Leonid Kinskey | Card Player (uncredited) |
| Judith Kircher | Baby Marshall (uncredited) |
| William McCall | Townsman at Church Social (uncredited) |
| Art Mix | Townsman at Church Social (uncredited) |
| Jeanne Rivello | Baby (uncredited) |
| Rudy Sooter | Musician (uncredited) |
| Gertrude Sutton | Schoolmarm (uncredited) |
| Emanuel A. Turner | Drunk at Bar (uncredited) |
| Minerva Urecal | Parishioner (uncredited) |
| John Wallace | Pegleg Man (uncredited) |
| Joan Wilson | Baby (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Richard Boleslawski | Director |
| Peter B. Kyne | Novel |
| Edward E. Paramore Jr. | Screenplay |
| Manuel Seff | Screenplay |
| William Axt | Original Music Composer |
| Frank Sullivan | Editor |
| Ainsworth Morgan | Writer |
| Dolph Zimmer | Assistant Director |
| James Curtis Havens | Art Direction |
| Dolly Tree | Wardrobe Designer |
| Paul Marquardt | Orchestrator |
| Charles Maxwell | Orchestrator |
| Leonid Raab | Orchestrator |
| Jack Virgil | Orchestrator |
| Joseph Ruttenberg | Director of Photography |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Writer |
| Edwin B. Willis | Art Direction |
| Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision |
| Cliff Lyons | Stunts |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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