Three Godfathers

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Three Godfathers

1936,

1h 22m,

Western

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50%

10 Reviews

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75%

Fewer than 50 Ratings

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10 Reviews

75%

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

In a town called New Jerusalem, bandits Bob Sangster (Chester Morris), Doc Underwood (Lewis Stone) and Gus Barton (Walter Brennan) hold up a bank. After a gun battle with the townspeople, the three robbers retreat into the scorching 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.

Kate Cameron

New York Daily News

Apr 17, 2024

2/4

Baby Jack and the beautiful and desolate desert scenery are the most important elements of the picture.

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John T. McManus

New York Times

Apr 17, 2024

By its disregard of that modern cinema imperative, the happy ending, The Three Godfathers... succeeds in catching the spirit of the Westerns of two decades back, when bad men could be heroes too.

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Mae Tinée

Chicago Tribune

Apr 17, 2024

The picture has several laughs for which you are grateful. But, on the whole, I'm afraid you'll find The Three Godfathers rather a dull affair.

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Eagle Staff

Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Apr 17, 2024

The first part of the film promises a Western which Is all that a Western should be.... [Then] the action becomes slower, the tragedy thick and improbable so that the final effect is one of tedium.

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Gus McCarthy

Motion Picture Herald (Exhibitors Herald)

Apr 17, 2024

The picture has an impressive quality not ordinarily associated with outdoor western entertainment. While it provides thrill and action, desperation, fear and heroism, it does so more in a manner to play upon the sentimental rather than excitable emotion.

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Leo Townsend

Modern Screen

Apr 17, 2024

2/4

There's not a buck in a broncho in this westerner. Instead we have three bad men regenerated by a babe. Sounds like a stiff dose to swallow, but surprisingly enough it's good movie fare.

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Richard Boleslawski

Director

Chester Morris

Robert "Bob" Sangster

Lewis Stone

James "Doc" Underwood

Walter Brennan

Sam "Gus" Barton

Irene Hervey

Molly

Sidney Toler

Prof. Amos Snape

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Synopsis

In a town called New Jerusalem, bandits Bob Sangster (Chester Morris), Doc Underwood (Lewis Stone) and Gus Barton (Walter Brennan) hold up a bank. After a gun battle with the townspeople, the three robbers retreat into the scorching 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.

Director: Richard Boleslawski
Producer: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Genre: Western
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 6, 1936, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 2, 2020
Runtime: 1h 22m

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