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When earthy prostitute Vantine (Jean Harlow) arrives at Dennis Carson's (Clark Gable) rubber plantation in Indochina, she initiates a steamy affair with the rugged foreman, but is sent packing when the passion cools. Soon Dennis is joined by new employee Gary (Gene Raymond) and his classy but high-strung wife, Barbara (Mary Astor), who falls into Dennis' arms while her husband is away. When Vantine returns, Dennis must decide between the refined adulteress and the tramp with the heart of gold.

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Nell Minow Movie Mom 08/02/2005
4/5
Smoldering. Go to Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy Mar 22
3.5/4
Cheerfully vulgar in almost every respect. Go to Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 07/23/2023
2/4
...a relentlessly hit-and-miss endeavor that is, for the most part, more the latter than the former. Go to Full Review Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand 12/03/2022
... as sexy, frank, and grown-up as pre-code cinema gets. Go to Full Review Pare Lorentz Vanity Fair 05/20/2019
Red Dust is lusty and fresh. Go to Full Review Scott Nash Three Movie Buffs 08/14/2010
3/4
Gable, Harlow and a Rain Barrel. You don't need anything else. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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TheAsteri1 @RT41874150 03/02/2024 Gable was bigger than life on and off screen. See more Steve D @RT35616104 05/05/2023 Despite a slow start and some racist elements the stars make it worth your time. See more Russ G @RT78760655 02/18/2023 Gable and Harlow burn down the theatre in this pre-Hayes Code sizzler. First saw this on the TV weekend late show about 1976. Two decades later the King of Hollywood would reprise the role, this time as the Great White Hunter on safari in Africa, with Grace Kelly and Ava Gardner as the other two corners of the love triangle. It's hard to beat the original, and this is a showpiece of Hollywood's Golden Age. See more michael d @RT16138633 12/14/2021 The film is set on a rubber plantation in present day Vietnam providing a view into the French colonial rubber business. The film was ok and the plot was familiar but it was done so expertly it almost overcomes the basic scrip and the familiar hot love in the tropics theme. Mary Astor was mediocre but Gable and Harlow were excellent. It is something of an anomaly in that it's everything you don't expect from the most conservative of studious. It's rough, brief, to the point, and gleefully trashy. See more william d @acsdoug 12/18/2020 Gable and Harlowe smolder, the story does not. See more Thomas M @TMProofreader 01/26/2019 The best romance movie ever made! See more Read all reviews
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Victor Fleming

Director

Clark Gable

Dennis Carson

Jean Harlow

Vantine

Mary Astor

Barbara Willis

Donald Crisp

Guidon

Gene Raymond

Gary Willis

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Synopsis When earthy prostitute Vantine (Jean Harlow) arrives at Dennis Carson's (Clark Gable) rubber plantation in Indochina, she initiates a steamy affair with the rugged foreman, but is sent packing when the passion cools. Soon Dennis is joined by new employee Gary (Gene Raymond) and his classy but high-strung wife, Barbara (Mary Astor), who falls into Dennis' arms while her husband is away. When Vantine returns, Dennis must decide between the refined adulteress and the tramp with the heart of gold.
Director
Victor Fleming
Screenwriter
John Lee Mahin
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co
Tomson Films
Genre
Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 22, 1932, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 1, 2009
Runtime
1h 23m
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