''Desert Dust'' is a 1927 American silent

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film directed by

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and starring

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and Bruce Gordon. The film's sets were designed by the

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Cast

as Frank Fortune *

as Helen Marsden * Bruce Gordon as 'Butch' Rorke * Jimmy Phillips as The Rat *

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as The Parson *

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as Shorty Benton * Richard L'Estrange as Slim Donovan

References

External links

* 1927 films 1927 Western (genre) films American black-and-white films Films directed by William Wyler Universal Pictures films Silent American Western (genre) films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{silent-film-stub