Desert Nights

Name: Desert Nights
Genre: Drama
Released: 1929-03-09
Duration: 1 h 2 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: John Gilbert, Ernest Torrence, Mary Nolan

1929
Passed
1h 2m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

1.3K

YOUR RATING

Psychological Drama Drama

A con man and his beautiful accomplice kidnap a manager and steal $500,000 worth of diamonds, but end up stranded in the desert without water.A con man and his beautiful accomplice kidnap a manager and steal $500,000 worth of diamonds, but end up stranded in the desert without water.A con man and his beautiful accomplice kidnap a manager and steal $500,000 worth of diamonds, but end up stranded in the desert without water.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

1.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
John Gilbert's last silent film. Later that year he would make his disastrous sound debut in His Glorious Night (1929).

Goofs
After days in the desert searching for water, Hugh and the Stonehills come upon an oasis with a babbling brook flowing downhill over large rocks. Oases' water sources are from underground aquifers or springs; the water does not flow downhill.

Quotes
Lady Diana Stonehill: The diamonds are in here. Take them - and give me water.
[Rand shakes his head no]
Lady Diana Stonehill: Take me...
Hugh Rand: [Looking at a disheveled Diana] The paint's all peeled off - there's nothing tempting about you now -...

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Review

Featured review

9/10

Very sexy

If Desert Nights had come out in 1926 instead of 1929 people would be far less critical of it. I thought it was a super sexy melodrama and romance, with great performances by John Gilbert, beautiful Mary Nolan, and Ernest Torrence, the perfect villain with a touch of humor.

My favorite scene is in the beginning, before the trouble begins, when Ernest is playing the piano and the young couple, played by Mary and John, waltzed on the front porch. John Gilbert could have been a professional dancer, he was that good.

The story is about a bunch of jewel thieves caught in the desert, but you really won't care. Just watch it for the stars, and to see just how gorgeous John Gilbert still looked in 1929. Sigh.

9 out of 10 stars.