Desert Nights | |
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Directed by | William Nigh |
Produced by | William Nigh |
Written by | John T. Neville (story) Dale Van Every (story) Willis Goldbeck (treatment) Endre Bohem (adaptation) Marian Ainslee (titles) Ruth Cummings (titles) Lenore J. Coffee (continuity) |
Starring | John Gilbert Ernest Torrence Mary Nolan |
Music by | William Axt(uncredited) |
Cinematography | James Wong Howe |
Editing by | Harry Reynolds |
Studio | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date(s) | March 9, 1929 |
Running time | 62 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent English intertitles |
Desert Nights, also known as Thirst, is a 1929 drama film.[1][2] It was the last silent film for star John Gilbert. Two thieves victimize a diamond mine and kidnap its manager, but he gains the upper hand (and falls in love with one of them) when they flee into the hostile desert. The film is available for download or DVD purchase from Warner Brothers Archive collection site.