The Squaw Man (1931)
Cecil B. DeMille's third remake of his debut film, this was the first sound version of Edwin Milton Royle's stage western melodrama. The story centers on a British captain who heads into the American West after taking the blame for his embezzling, blue-blooded cousin to protect the reputation of his cousin's wife, whom the captain secretly loves. There he rescues a beautiful Indian woman from a lustful, wicked cattle rustler. Later he and the woman marry and have a baby. To prove her love for her new spouse, the Indian murders the cattle rustler. More trouble brews when the captain's true love comes to tell him that her husband confessed all upon his death bed and that the captain is to the new Earl. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Starring:
- Paul Cavanagh, Lupe Velez, (more)
- Director(s):
- Cecil B. DeMille
Synopsis of The Squaw Man
Cecil B. DeMille's third remake of his debut film, this was the first sound version of Edwin Milton Royle's stage western melodrama. The story centers on a British captain who heads into the American West after taking the blame for his embezzling, blue-blooded cousin to protect the reputation of his cousin's wife, whom the captain secretly loves. There he rescues a beautiful Indian woman from a lustful, wicked cattle rustler. Later he and the woman marry and have a baby. To prove her love for her new spouse, the Indian murders the cattle rustler. More trouble brews when the captain's true love comes to tell him that her husband confessed all upon his death bed and that the captain is to the new Earl. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Squaw Man
- Paul Cavanagh - Lord Henry Kerhill
- Eleanor Boardman - Diana Kerhill
- Mitchell Lewis - Tabywanna
- Dickie Moore - Little Hal
- DeWitt Jennings - Sheriff Bud Handy
- Warner Baxter - Jim Carsten
- Charles Bickford - Cash Hawkins
- Ed Brady - McSorley
- Pat Somerset - Officer
- Des Roberts - Hardwick
- Victor Potel - Andy
- Chris-Pin Martin - Zeke
- Lillian Bond - Babs
- Luke Cosgrave - Shanks
- Herbert Evans - Conductor
- Lupe Velez - Naturich
- Roland Young - Sir John Applegate
- Raymond Hatton - Shorty
- Lawrence Grant - Gen. Stafford
- Warner Baxter - Capt. James Wynnegate
- Kathryn Adams
- John Farrell MacDonald - Bill
- Harry S. Northrup - Butler
- C. Aubrey Smith
- Frank Rice - Grouchy
- Art Ortego - Naturich's Brother
- Winifred Kingston
- Frank S. Hagney - Clark
- Eva Dennison - Henry's Mother
- Julia Faye - Mrs. Chichester Jones
- Director(s):
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Writer(s):
- Lenore J. Coffee, Elsie Janis, Lucien Hubbard
- Producer(s):
- Cecil B. DeMille
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