A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Desert’s Toll
Also known as {The Devil’s Toll}
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5376 feet
Directed by Cliff Smith (Clifford Smith)

Cast: Francis McDonald [Frank Darwin], Kathleen Key [Muriel Cooper], Chief Big Tree [Red Eagle], Anna May Wong [Oneta], Tom Santschi [Jasper], Lew Meehan [a henchman], Guinn ‘Big Boy’ Williams [a henchman]

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Cinematography by George Stevens and Jack Roach. Film editor, Richard C. Currier. Intertitles written by Gardner Bradford. Presented by The Big Horn Ranch. / © 21 December 1926 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation [LP23610]. Released 14 November 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: Print exists in the George Eastman Museum film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 8 January 2025.

References: Eames-MGM p. 32 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Pete Jones.