Desert Nights Poster
MOVIEmeter
SEE RANK
Down 4,711 this week

Desert Nights (1929)

62 min  -  Adventure | Drama | Romance  -   9 March 1929 (USA)
7.4
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 7.4/10 from 774 users  
Reviews: 15 user | 2 critic

A con man with his beautiful accomplice and a hostage steals a half million dollars worth of diamonds but finds they're all lost in the desert without water.

Director:

William Nigh

Writers:

Marian Ainslee (titles), Endre Bohem (adaptation), and 5 more credits »
 Loading+Watchlist

Watch it

Buy it from Amazon »

Related Lists

image of title
a list of 246 titles by quietgiant2 created 26 Dec 2010
 
image of title
a list of 3,417 titles by Brig_Gen_Jack_D_Ripper created 5 months ago
 
image of title
a list of 167 titles by DaveHedgehog created 9 months ago
 
image of title
a list of 100 titles by nachopineiro23 created 3 months ago
 
image of title
a list of 1,308 titles by Almisbahi created 4 months ago
 

Connect with IMDb


Pre-Order the Kindle Fire
Edit

Cast

Complete credited cast:
John Gilbert ...
Hugh Rand
Ernest Torrence Ernest Torrence ...
Lord 'Steve' Stonehill
Mary Nolan Mary Nolan ...
Lady Diana Stonehill
Edit

Storyline

Hugh Roland is the manager of an African diamond mine, when Lord Stonehill and his daughter Diana arrive to visit the mine. He immediately takes a liking to the lovely Diana, but unfortunately they turn out to be imposters who seize a tray of diamonds and kidnap him while escaping to the desert. Not knowing how to survive in the desert, the two eventually must rely on Hugh to find water and get them out. Written by Robert Tonsing <rob_tonsing@msn.com>  

Plot Summary | Add Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Desert | Diamond | Water | False Identity | Robbery  | See more »

Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Romance

Edit

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English (intertitles)

Release Date:

(USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Thirst See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) See more »
Show detailed company contact information on IMDbPro »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Silent (alternate version) | Mono (Movietone) (musical score and sound effects)

Aspect Ratio:

1.20 : 1
See full technical specs »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

John Gilbert's last silent film. Later that year he would make his disastrous sound debut in His Glorious Night. See more »

Quotes

Hugh Rand: [Overcome by Diana's beauty] Three years away from the world. A man forgets there are women like you.
See more »