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Cast
Wallace Beery
as Skinner Bill Bragg, an Alias of Ambrose Murphy
Leo Carrillo
as Piute Pete
Marjorie Rambeau
as Josie Johnson
Anne Baxter
as Jean Johnson
Douglas Fowley
as Stag Roper
Noah Beery Jr.
as Mitch
Berton Churchill
as 'Jackass' Brown
Arthur Hohl
as Salters
Clem Bevans
as Chuckawalla
Charles Halton
as Henry Adams
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1940
Runtime1h 24m
LanguageEnglish
CertificationNR
GenresWestern
Votes5
DirectorRichard Thorpe
WritersRichard Maibaum, Cyril Hume, Edward E. Paramore Jr.
TypeFeature Film
Rating6.6 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known As20 Mule Team
About 20 Mule Team
It is 1892 in Death Valley and the yields from the Borax ore are getting so small that refining it is a losing proposition. The only thing that will save the company is a new deposit of high grade Borax, and Skinner Bill Bragg has a pouch of it that he got from a dead prospector he buried on the road. Stag Roper knows the value of the strike could be worth millions, but he needs Bragg to find the prospector's claim so they can record it and become rich partners. While Roper has no intention of cutting Bragg in on the millions, he also has his eye on young Jean Johnson. Josie Johnson, Jean's mother, sees Roper as the scalawag he is, and that means trouble in Furnace Flat.
Directed by Richard Thorpe, 20 Mule Team leans on a strong ensemble — Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo, Marjorie Rambeau — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about western titles of 1940.
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