A cowboy must save his girlfriend from captivity and then cross the desert on foot with a single waterhole on the way.
Direction
Ford's first feature — already framing Monument Valley in his mind.
Practical Effects
Genuine desert endurance, no stunt doubles, actual suffering.
Director
John Ford
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ford made roughly 25 silent Westerns with Harry Carey before their famous 1939 reunion in Stagecoach.
This was shot in the Mojave when Hollywood Westerns were still being made in New Jersey — Ford helped invent the California Western.
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