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The Desert of the Lost
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4993 feet
Directed by Richard Thorpe

Cast: Wally Wales [Jim Drake], Peggy Montgomery [Dolores Wolfe], William J. Dyer [Steve Wolfe, her father], Edward Cecil [Detective Murray], Richard Neill, Kelly Cafford, Ray Murro, George Magrill, Charles Whittaker

Action Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [Pathéwestern]. / Continuity (scenario) by Frank L. Inghram, from a screen story by Walter J. Coburn. Photography (cinematography) by Ray Ries. Presented by Lester F. Scott Jr. / © 28 November 1927 by Action Pictures, Incorporated [LP24704]. Released 18 December 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: Print exists [35mm nitrate positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Criminals: Bandits - Law: Enforcement: Police: Detectives - Mexico

Listing updated: 27 May 2010.

References: Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.