Madonna of the Desert (1948) Crime film
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- Madonna of the Desert 1948 movie. American crime film about a rancher who just happens to own a jewel encrusted statue that he believes offers the power of protection. Of course a couple of criminal types show up at the ranch in order to abscond with it. - Broken Trout -
I just can't get over how in those old movies the crooks were dressed in fancy suits and hats. Today they're called politicians.
Hi Dwight, and they still dress in fancy suits and hats (or sunglasses)! Ciao, L
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Hot dang it
That was a good one
Well put I'd say
But wore the fancy suits better?
Too funny Dr. Pepper 🌶
Well written and well acted!
It may be considered a B grade movie, but it gets a great big capital A from me, love these old films.This one was extra special. Thank you. More please
Yet! another b/w feel good..movie from the past! 🤗
What a great movie! One of the best I have seen in a long time. Very moving. Thank you for posting!
Loved this one. So many great films from the late 40s
Sheldon Leonard was also Nick the bar owner in "It's a wonderful life" Thanks for the upload it was a very enjoyable watch.
Wonderful movie ! I really enjoyed this one , thanks for posting .
Thanks GROWLEYMOLD.
Remarkably well-written low budget picture. Makes you feel good! Thanks for uploading!
Great movie thank you for posting it, so many of these older movies are such a wonderful surprise
MOTD is a clever use of camera, film and sixty minutes. It's story telling at its best!
Madonna of the Desert, released 23 February 1948 (USA). Lynne Roberts as Monica Dale; Don 'Red' Barry (as Donald Barry) as Tony French; Don Castle as Joe Salinas; Sheldon Leonard as Nick Julian; Paul Hurst as Pete Connors; Roy Barcroft as Buck Keaton; Paul E. Burns as Hank Davenport; Betty Blythe as Mrs. Brown; Grazia Narciso as Mama Baravelli; Martin Garralaga as Papa Baravelli; Frank Yaconelli as Peppo; Maria Genardi as Mrs. Pasquale; Renee Donatt as Maria Baravelli; Vernon Cansino as Enrico.
"That guy could give lessons to an eel" :-)
Good movie - thanks @BT!
If no one answers a knock on the door just walk right in
"Nick" (Hal Leonard) reminds me of Chazz Palminteri. Thanks for the post !
Other way around. Chaz is known for his impressions.
😂
It's nice to go to the desert once in a while, and be entertained.
A movie with a good moral dimension ; any religious issues were kept low-key and not over-played, nor sentimentalized. Enjoyed this one.
The whole theme is based on Catholicism as seen by Yids.
@@tommytwogloves16 huh??????
Crook with a conscious !!! Loved it. Thanks for the upload.
I can't stop smiling ☺ I had a feeling Monica was a swell dame. Trout done it again.
Lovely short film. Inspiring - and it has a plot that didn't meet any of the usual expectations.
Thanks for the tipoff . I’ll give it a try .
this is a great movie BT, loved it, thanks for the upload
A man of great taste for sure, thanks Richard.
She was a hard-boiled dame, a tough cookie who went soft over a statuette.
Love the comment @Mark T.
"That guy was rougher than a stucco bathtub".
@@BrokenTrout tougher than the two-bit steak I had at the greasy spoon up the street...it started beatin' up the coffee, n da poor coffee was too weak to defend itself.
OSHA might not like this movie but I certainly enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing!
Your welcome Art.
@@BrokenTrout You're welcome!
Thanks again BT, I enjoyed it very much. 😍😍
Aw shucks Teresa. that makes me happy.
Too bad the sewage of modern Hollywood can't make movies with a moral, and with morality within their characters.
Thanks for sharing!
I wonder what a movie theater ticket for a B movie cost in 1948 to see a picture like this?
Hi BT I have my 🍺 can't wait to watch this newbie. Thanks for sharing. 😘😘
This is another one I had never seen and it is quite good (if kind of quirky). I think you will like it Teresa.
I have my 🍺 too! Can I join you in a drink ? I know I'm late to the party! 🥳
Madonna of the Desert is an ivory statue embedded with jewels and natural the gangsters are out to steal it. Nick (Sheldon Leonard) enlists his girl Monica (Lynne Roberts) to heist the Madonna for him, but there is more to this little statue than meets the eye. Madonna of the Desert is an entertaining movie with one of Hollywood's most recognizable screen tough guys Sheldon Leonard. The attractive Lynne Roberts plays the tough broad that's out to steal the Madonna. Also in the cast is Don Castle the handsome "B" actor who had a slight resemblance to Clark Gable. Castle died from a drug overdose at the age of 47. If you like film noir you must see Madonna of the Desert.
PTAblues
I'd say Don Castle's resemblance to Clark Gable was quite considerable, not slight.
And it didn't help Castle's career to look like Gable. Poor guy!
Very handsome!
He had had a car wreck and it was a medication overdose as opposed to illegal dose use. Makes a difference to me!
And me too. It could be construed to be accidental due to the car wreck affecting his memory, and or mind?
You give a woman one simple job to do and she louses it up royally.....jeez. Nice to see the actor Roy Barcroft up to his old tricks again like he did in those Republic serials, by playing the villain. Was a great watch and thanks for posting.
Beautiful probably the last good movie with a true moral that has never been repeated!
I hope the Madonna was able to protect Pete and Joe from all the DDT they were spraying around without protection. lol.
You made coffee come out of my er, nose. LOL.
Right. LOL because that's so clearly funny that you have to add your own laugh track.
My first thought🙄
same thoughts..LOL
You mean Semiramis...and she is NO Saint.... i loved your comment B. James
Very enjoyable movie!
Dang that desert has great forests😏 and those cars can be hotwired in seconds
LOVE, SHELDON AND LEG'S!!!!!!!! THANKS UPLOADER.
Yes, that is very true. Then they try to figure out where they "picked up that bug?". (Virus or other illness). WASH YOUR HANDS BEFORE RETURNING TO WORK AFTER USING THE BATHROOM -- Wasn't something someone just pulled out of a hat to have something to do! It applies to when you are at home or a friend or relative's house also. Germs are indiscriminate. You invite them they are happy to come and do their damage!
@Ro Mary Veterinarians have that sign...
Thank you
Your welcome yozpay
WARNING: for any that might be expecting a "Priscilla of the Desert" sort of scenario, you are going to be disappointed but if not ... DELIGHTED! (Just sayin'.)
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great movie, great story, thank you.
Ya, don't ever trust Sheldon Leonard.
The lady just came in from digging in the dirt and now she's handling food..WITHOUT EVEN WASHINGHE HANDS! WHOO!
That's the best way to keep one's immune-system in good shape!
I always liked Sheldon Leonard , he does " GANGSTER " so well and that voice is unmistakable. 1948 is my birth year so I am always interested in fashion and autos from that period . Men wore hats and suits and women looked classy, not like todays mess....
I enjoyed this little movie. But it is misnamed: no desert in sight!
Were not looking for Water"
excellent choice and better copy, I wish you could ask for subtitles ...
Eventually I will probably add them, still trying to figure it out. not sure if I can add them after publication.
This was a good one! Sweet ending!
You just have to love Sheldon Leonard.
He was funny in "Behave Yourself".....double shooting.
No I don't.🙀
She walked in the farmhouse for the first time and ...slammed her purse down. The
director should have re-shot that thirty
seconds.
Paul Hurst was also in the "Angel and the badman" playing the role of Frederick Carson.
Such a wonderful film.
They don't make them like that anymore... @Ali
Sheldon Leonard and Betty Blythe ? Now THERE'S some crazy lo-budget casting LOL , 😁
All of these people showing up after that article, I'd be suspicious too. Pete reminds me of me.
On my second viewing it is a great script. Sheldon Leonard was a genius bad guy. The music is a bit weak but hey can't have everything.
Really great engrossing film w/my favorite heavy Sheldon Leonard. A nice tight black white movie w/cute femme fatale.
Indeed.
These movies are great.
Excellent film thanks
THANK YOU FOR THIS OLD MOVIE I LIKE SHELDON LEONARD AND ROY BARCROFT
Glad you liked it RetiredSchoolCook. It is old but so am I (lol) and that Sheldon Leonard is a great character actor.
DEAR BROKEN TROUT I AM 69 WE ARE OLD WE ARE GETTING LIKE FINE WINE BETTER EVERT YEAR DON RED BARRY WAS GOOD IN SOME OLD COWBOY MOVIES SORRY ABOUT MISTAKE BETTER EVERY YEAR
You so much Trump's
Is it Roy Bankroft who played the Sheriff in Bonaza ?!🤔
Guess I was WRONG about the actor Roy Barcroft being Roy Bancroft from Bonanza did not anyone who looked remotely like that character 😂🤔 Thank's for the upload there are always good film noir on your channel 👍
Nick the bartender from It's a Wonderful Life
Another rare one Trout. Thx again!
Thanks for checking it out Frankie.
I love noir
Sheldon Leonard was awesome at playing these characters! And that SLAP at 49:36......GOT DAYUMMMM!
Yes. That was impressive.
Good movie.
I love this movie.
Very unusual approach to spraying the trees. Half the poison gas goes in their lungs. Perhaps the Madonna protects them?
Dialogue is sharp, terse, pointed. Hat brims drawn down at the front to indicate a note of shadyness.
Characterizations give a movie legs like this one.
Brand new for me. Thanks. Fine little "B" movie.
B? Because you said so, I guess.
@@TheVeek192 He's only referring to the classification of films, in the days when each cinema programme included two feature-films, the main one, ostensibly better-quality, better-known, probably longer, and more expensive to produce, called the 'A' film, and the second feature called the 'B' film. 'B' films were made as such, to fill that slot. This film is very good, and is also a 'B' film.
Some 'B' films are better than some 'A' films, of course.
I always enjoy seeing Don Castle in movies - Kyle Chandler’s got a similar vibe; Sheldon Leonard makes a great gangster.
Very touchy movie
Peddling newspapers in the early 60's... DDT was sprayed all over me and the neighborhoods to kill the Dutch Elm Beetles....the ZION COVER STORY..."LET'S MAKE IT 110".
Sheldon Leonard, gave up acting to be a producer. He produced the Dick Van Dyke Show and other sitcoms.
He produced a series of Sherlock Holmes half hour shows!
Of course! I knew I'd seen that name somewhere!!
@@Super241946
No.. That was Sheldon Reynolds...and
most of them were shot in Paris
After all of this the best place for the statue would be in vault box. Good film.
No swearing ...and those hats never blew off in those open top cars. Guys never broke a sweat wearing suits all the time, even in the hottest of places.
Main character played the bar owner in It’s a Wonderful Life.....
His name was Nick in that movie too.
A reverse curse.
Madonna is a genius and a billionaire with a paris and texas oil bankaccounts. bow down to thegreat
I did light a candle and throw some chicken bones, I got squat, but I do feel better about myself. Thanks Madonna! Great movie though.
can the madonna save those guys from the pesticides they're spraying all over the trees & themselves?
Did a Roman church director make this hokey religodrama.
Qué hermosa película!
Bea de Buenos Aires
Thanks Bea, it is a beautiful movie.
I wanna see the clip on how he climbed up the side of the hill and how long it took..
Great movie saw it twice madonna must have had great powers to have people believe in the statue for good luck but it turns out that peat and Joe believe that the madonna does have healing powers which they believe in the statue of madonna mahalo Broken trout for this great classic movie wouldn't it be great if madonna actually had healing powers that would heal the sick and disabled people in the world Lol
I enjoyed the way they combined a basic "gangster" movie and added a little faith to it. Your right about Madonna, the world could sure use the help.
That dame is some dish though ;)
Hubba, hubba alright.
Sheldon Leonard looks a bit like Elvis Presley!
Does somebody know what they were dusting? Should they be breathing that stuff?
"Acme Bug Whacker" NOPE!!! Ah, the good old pre EPA OSHA days
People weren't very conscious about toxins then. I like the way Sheldon Leonard the heavy belted the dame when she said he was going to get hurt. Those film noir actresses had it tough, constantly getting slapped around or mugged with a forced kiss on their mouth. Great film noir that ended with a shoot-out tying up the loose ends. "I'm the one that's gonna get hurt?" Pow. I played it back because it was so funny.
Why do the Mexicans sound like Italians?
Back when chicks, I mean women were Dames ! 50 years from now, I'll be forced to resign due to this comment.
How daaare yooouuu 😄
My dad would get upset if the girls called men guys, always said how would you like it if we called you dames? A man before his times, he believed everyone deserved respect.
Broads!
@@patpeters6331
Guys and Gals are a match.
Knight and Dame are a match
dude & bro are....stupif.
Duke & Duchess are a match
Is there any Sheldon Leonard movie where he is not called Nick??? LOL
Is nick the. Nick from it's a wonderful life. The voice sounds familiar to me.
Yes the Holy Scripture speaks about being too smart for your own good....
Legs is a truly stunning woman.
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SHELDON LEONARD ALWAYS THE PERFECT BAD GUY, AND ALWAYS GREAT TO WATCH, NOTWITHSTANDING. THIS SIMPLE LITTLE FILM IS WORTH WATCHING FOR THE LITTLE MIRACLE DURING THE WEDDING AND ITS LARGER TRANSFORMATIVE ONE. SOME SMALL SURPRISES THROUGHOUT. BY NO STRETCH A GREAT FILM, I MUST SAY I ENJOYED IT, SOMETIMES THAT SAYS A LOT.
Hi Thomas, I agree with you. Just in case you may not be aware of it, in "geek computer lingo", capitalizing (upper case) anything usually means that you are "screaming" or raising your voice. It is an "unwritten" convention, Ciao, L
@@lancelot1953 THANKS, LANCELOT1953. I JUST TYPE IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE ITS EASIER. I GUESS I'LL JUST GO ON SCREAMING. I KEEP HEARING,' IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT DON'T WATCH.' TO PARAPHRASE METAPHORICALLY......IF IT'S TOO LOUD, TURN DOWN THE VOLUME. lancelot SUITS YOU PERFECTLY...... I KNOW GOOD MANNERS WHEN I READ THEM! I'M SHOUTING!!!!!
@@thomasgansevoort929 Hi Thomas, that is fine, sometimes, people do not know and besides, I have a hearing loss so, it did not bother me that much ;-), Ciao, L
Was really good and short. Sheldon (a good Jewish boy) playing his usual role as a gangster made it more interesting.(ls)
Did he write books later?
Yuh okay..Am I the only one who noticed?? She has the Madonna copy in her purse and just, roughly, throws the purse on the table like nothing 'fragile' is inside?? lol..HMMM..Jim just gets out of prison two months ago...has no job...nobody will help him...BUT..He can afford a car....LOL x 2..oh and he can also come up with a gun..from nobody who will help him...lol x 3...
Yeah, I immediately began typing when I saw that. Why didn't the director do a half
minute re-shoot ? It was so obvious.
Because they know the vast, majority of people in this world will swallow any BS they are handed...like brainless, sheep...lol I wonder if you ever caught the, perhaps, biggest glitch of all times in the movie Home Alone 1..To date I am the only one who has ever noticed it...I even paused the film while watching with my family to ask if my children or wife noticed the HUGE glitch..They did not. Awaiting your response sir. Enjoy your moments.
Actually it's very good. Fun, for us sophisticates of the future, and of its time definitely, with easily-identified stock characters, but an unusual plot, well-acted, and in parts quite touching. Very much enjoyed it. Thanks!
And - the wallowing in clouds of DDT!!!
Bet Nick wishes he'd stuck to bartending in Bedford Falls...
Ok Pete is the man. I want to grow up and be like Pete aka snarky.
once a thief always a thief, so dont believe her..
She never took a shower! 😱
Salinas is John Steinbeck's territory, and if he didn't write this it isn't worth my time to watch.
Good movie, but the countryside is nothing like Madera CA.
Classic Movie
Really? Thank you. I wouldn't have known that if you hadn't said anything.💩
CHISTIANS DON´T WORSHIP STATUES. THIS IS ANOTHER CON JOB COOKED UP BY THE SATANISTS IN HOLLYWOOD.
"Satanists"? Although I'm not sure exactly when the belief that Roman Catholics worshipped statues was first suggested, the accusation has been commonly used by various Protestant sects for several centuries to discredit non-Protestant Christian sects, primarily the Roman Catholic Church. My mother was a Baptist, very devout, & I was brought up in her religion, had to attend church at least once a week (usually twice, occasionally three times) until I left home at 17. My grandfather was the founder of our small country church (Northern Missionary Baptist, aka Cherokee Baptist unofficially) & was its first minister/preacher. Although references to the idea that Catholics worshipped idols/statues weren't a primary point in sermons, this belief was occasionally brought up in Sunday sermons, the point being that the Catholic faith was not the "true faith" but that the "born-again" Protestant faith was the only true one.
Perhaps I am mistaken I'm assuming that your views are similar to those of my mother's denomination, but the belief that Catholics worship statues/idols is common to many Protestant denominations. What this has to do with "Satanism" in Hollywood, though, is another matter. If you mean to say that this supposed Satanism was promoted by Hollywood producers of the past when many producers were Jewish, you apparently understand little about Judaism. Traditional Judaism has opposed worship of idols & statues since centuries before the birth of Christianity, as is made clear in any version of the Old Testament. Jewish synagogues don't contain statues, nor have they in past centuries, & Judaism is very clear on this matter.
It's true that in Hollywood films of the studio era tended to show more movies with a (usually vague, but not always) Catholic slant, this has nothing to do with Judaism or the Jewish producers own religious views. It probably has something to do with the influence of the Catholic directors, actors, & the fact that theatre audiences tended to be Catholic majority as opposed to any particular Protestant denomination. The Protestant sects were divided among various kinds of Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian, & other denominations, none of which entirely agreed with the others.
So exactly who do you think was a Satanist in Hollywood, who do you think was promoting Satanism via film? "Satanism" has many different definitions, even as it is defined in the early 21st c. U.S. & even as it is defined by Christians. It's not clear exactly what your definition is, though I think you're probably referring to both non-Christians & to Roman Catholics as Satanists. Maybe you think anyone who does not agree with your own beliefs is a Satanist.
Contrary to the popular (usually Protestant Christian) idea that Catholics worship statues/idols, any Catholic would deny such an accusation. But as someone who isn't Catholic & who was brought up in a very basic "born again" Baptist church, I can see how an outsider might assume that Catholics worship statues, for we are looking at this from an outsider's view & if you don't understand the deeper meanings of the rites you might make many incorrect assumptions.
In my mother's church we were taught that Catholics were not going to Heaven because they didn't believe as we did in asking (pleading) for Jesus's forgiveness & our salvation. In that view, no one was "saved" except those who believed as we did, those who became "born again", although in my mother's church we were also taught that there were a few exceptions to that rule---namely, children who were too young to realize that all people were sinners & must plead for salvation from their personal Savior (children who died before reaching that age of realization), also those people who had never heard "the true teachings of Jesus" & who died without knowing. Also included in the views taught in my mother's church was the view that all those who were born Jewish were included among those who were admitted to Heaven, simply by virtue of being God's chosen people. As the Chosen, they were God's children by birth. This view isn't held, as far as I know, by any other Christian denomination.
BTW, as you might have guessed, I didn't remain a member of my mother's church, nor am I a Christian. My main problem with the various Christian denominations is that they each claim to be the only true religion, claim theirs is the only true god & the only true way, & that all those who don't convert to their way are condemned to Hell. This is too similar to the traditional bully who demands that everyone agree with him or else. The Christian sects have been fighting over who's right for centuries, & the Christians have been battling the Muslims for even more centuries over which one is the true faith. Too many millions have died as a result. Conflict is inevitable when someone claims to be absolutely right without question, to demand that everyone agree with them or else.
@@janegarner6739So what are you trying to say?
The worship of statues and other forms of idolatry under the guise of Christianity was invented by the Vatican; the Great Whore described in Revelation 17 & 18.
@@janegarner6739
Find someone to condense your booklet
into forty words, or less.
Did he do the voice of Snaggle Tooth or some talking animal cartoon?