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Red Dust (1932)

83 min  -  Drama | Romance  -   22 October 1932 (USA)
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The owner of a rubber plantation becomes involved with the new wife of one of his employees.

Writers:

John Lee Mahin (screenplay), Wilson Collison (play), and 1 more credit »

Stars:

Clark Gable, Jean Harlow and Gene Raymond
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Clark Gable ...
Dennis Carson
Jean Harlow ...
Gene Raymond Gene Raymond ...
Gary Willis
Mary Astor ...
Barbara Willis
Donald Crisp Donald Crisp ...
Guidon
Tully Marshall Tully Marshall ...
McQuarg
Forrester Harvey Forrester Harvey ...
Limey
Willie Fung Willie Fung ...
Hoy
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Storyline

Conditions are spartan on Dennis Carson's Indochina rubber plantation during a dusty dry monsoon. The latest boat upriver brings Carson an unwelcome guest: Vantine, a floozy from Saigon, hoping to evade the police by a stay upcountry. But Carson, initially uninterested, soon succumbs to Vantine's ostentatious charms...until the arrival of surveyor Gary Willis, ill with malaria, and his refined but sensuous wife Barbara. Now the rains begin, and passion flows like water... Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>  

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Plot Keywords:

Rubber Plantation | Malaria | Surveyor | Prostitute | Indochina  | See more »

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Drama | Romance

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

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Also Known As:

Die gelbe Hölle See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$408,000 (estimated)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Victor Fleming Production See more »
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Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

Jean Harlow's famous rain-barrel bath is recreated in her film Bombshell. See more »

Quotes

McQuarg: If it was the summer of 1894, I'd play games with you, sister. But life is much simpler now.
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Connections

Featured in Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008) See more »

Soundtracks

"There's No Place Like Home (Home, Sweet Home)"
Music partly composed, and arranged by H.R. Bishop from a Sicilian air
Hummed by Jean Harlow See more »