Red Dust is an American 1932 romantic drama film directed by Victor Fleming. The picture is the second of six movies Clark Gable and Jean Harlow made together and was produced during the Pre-Code era of Hollywood.
The story revolves around a love triangle, set on a rubber plantation in Indochina (Vietnam) during the monsoon season, between the plantation's owner/manager Dennis Carson (Gable), a prostitute named Vantine (Harlow), and Barbara Willi...
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Red Dust is an American 1932 romantic drama film directed by Victor Fleming. The picture is the second of six movies Clark Gable and Jean Harlow made together and was produced during the Pre-Code era of Hollywood.
The story revolves around a love triangle, set on a rubber plantation in Indochina (Vietnam) during the monsoon season, between the plantation's owner/manager Dennis Carson (Gable), a prostitute named Vantine (Harlow), and Barbara Willis (Astor), the wife of an engineer named Gary Willis (Raymond). After convincing Barbara to leave her husband for him, Carson has a change of heart and settles with Vantine.
The main storyline of the film follows Carson's romantic interest from Vantine to Barbara and back to Vantine. Vantine arrives at the plantation first, on the lam from the authorities in Saigon. After a short period in which she teases and wisecracks her way through Carson's tough-guy exterior, he eventually gives in to her playfulness. They soon develop a friendly,...
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