Red Dust

Red Dust (1932)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (7 reviews)

  • 76% of users liked it
    (830 ratings)

Red Dust was lensed almost entirely on MGM's back lot; even so, we are utterly convinced that the film takes place in Indochina (never mind that everyone pronounces "Saigon" as Say-gone). Even more importantly, the audience never doubts for one moment that the relationship between "hero" Clark Gable… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 23 min.
Directed By
Victor Fleming
Written By
John Lee Mahin
Genres
Drama, Romance
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1932 Wide
MGM

Critic Reviews

  • Scott Nash, Three Movie Buffs

    Gable, Harlow and a Rain Barrel. You don't need anything else.

  • Nell Minow, Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

    Smoldering.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Great performances from the stars.

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    Delightfully raunchy pre-code romantic drama

  • Bob Bloom, Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

    Gable and Harlow sizzle, and she looks great in a barrel.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Veronique K


    if you could tolerate sexism and racism without taking them into account too seriously, you might emancipate yourself to indulge in the gable-harlow "red dust"....the mode of gable-harlow screen romances would be that the slicitous harlow desperately courts the handsome but… More

  • jay n


    jean and clark have a great time here and so do you.

  • Walter M


    In "Red Dust," Dennis Carson(Clark Gable) owns a rubber plantation in Vietnam that he runs with his pal McQuarg(Tully Marshall). Along with the usual problems of too much rain or not enough rain in that part of the world, not to mention the large tiger that has his eyes on… More

  • monty h


    A dynamite movie involving three screen legends: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, and Mary Astor. Gable is Denny Carson, who runs a rubber plantation in Indo-China with a tight fist. Along comes Lily Vantine (Ms. Harlow) who just lights up the screen with her explosive persona. Lily explains… More

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