20 Mule Team (1940)
'IT'S GOT THE KICK OF 20 MULES!'
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.
Cast
- Wallace Beery - Skinner Bill Bragg, an Alias of Ambrose Murphy
- Leo Carrillo - Piute Pete
- Marjorie Rambeau - Josie Johnson
- Anne Baxter - Jean Johnson
- Douglas Fowley - Stag Roper
- Noah Beery Jr. - Mitch
- Berton Churchill - 'Jackass' Brown
- Arthur Hohl - Salters
- Clem Bevans - Chuckawalla
- Charles Halton - Henry Adams
Screenplay
- Cyril Hume (Screenplay)
- Richard Maibaum (Screenplay)
- Edward E. Paramore Jr. (Screenplay)
- Owen Atkinson (Story)
- Robert C. DuSoe (Story)
Keywords
arizona, train, mule, prospector, death valley, borax
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is 20 Mule Team about?
- 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.
- Who directed 20 Mule Team?
- 20 Mule Team was directed by Richard Thorpe.
- Who stars in 20 Mule Team?
- 20 Mule Team stars Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo, Marjorie Rambeau, Anne Baxter, Douglas Fowley, Noah Beery Jr..
- How long is 20 Mule Team?
- 20 Mule Team has a runtime of 1h 24m (84 minutes).
- What genre is 20 Mule Team?
- 20 Mule Team is a Western film.
- Where was 20 Mule Team produced?
- 20 Mule Team was produced in United States of America.