United States / May 03, 1940 / NR
'IT'S GOT THE KICK OF 20 MULES!'
1h 24min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Arthur Hohl | Salters |
| Clem Bevans | Chuckawalla |
| Charles Halton | Henry Adams |
| Minor Watson | Marshal |
| Oscar O'Shea | Train Conductor |
| Lloyd Ingraham | Stockholder |
| Sam Appel | Proprietor |
| John Beck | Jeff, Worker Asking for Pay |
| Hank Bell | First Barfly Counting Bill's Money |
| Joseph E. Bernard | Second Barfly Counting Bill's Money |
| Eddie Borden | Fifth Barfly Counting Bill's Money |
| Ed Brady | Barfly at Table |
| George Chesebro | Worker |
| Rube Dalroy | Worker |
| George Guhl | Doorman |
| Lew Kelly | 1st Man |
| Katherine Kenworthy | Jeff's Wife |
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| Mitchell Lewis | Barfly at Bar |
| James Pier Mason | Third Barfly Counting Bill's Money |
| Larry McGrath | Man Pointing Out Where Pete Is |
| Larry McGrath | Alden |
| Bob Perry | Townsman at Pay Window |
| C.L. Sherwood | Barfly at Table |
| Henry Sylvester | |
| Eddy Waller | Horsecollar, the Bartender |
| Ward Wing |
Genres
Western
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | 20 Mule Team |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date | 3 maggio 1940 |
| Production | J. Walter Ruben |
| Writer | Richard Maibaum, Cyril Hume, Edward E. Paramore Jr., Owen Atkinson, Robert C. DuSoe |
| Editing | Frank Sullivan |
| Cinematography | Clyde De Vinna |
| Assistant directors | Richard Thorpe |
| Camera operators | Clyde De Vinna |
| Additional photography | Clyde De Vinna |
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| Production design | Edwin B. Willis, Cedric Gibbons |
| Art direction | Cedric Gibbons, Edwin B. Willis |
| Set decoration | Edwin B. Willis, Cedric Gibbons |
| Music | David Snell |
| Sound | David Snell |
| Costume design | Dolly Tree, Gile Steele, Jack Dawn |
| Makeup | Jack Dawn, Dolly Tree, Gile Steele |
| Hairstyling | Dolly Tree, Gile Steele, Jack Dawn |
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