You should watch “Hell’s Heroes”! It’s an earlier version. It’s grittier and has quite a different ending. I first watched it because I love all things about Bodie, CA (ghost town). Part of the movie was filmed there—before the 1932 fire.
If you love “3 Godfathers,” you might love “Hell’s Heroes” even more. Even though I love the actors in Godfathers, Hell’s Heroes is just as wonderful to me.
I have seen the version with Chester Morris, but have never seen Hell’s Heroes. Have to find it, even if only to see a young Charles Bickford.
3 Godfathers with John Wayne was filmed at the Olancha, CA sand dunes about 150 miles south of Bodie and 10 miles south of Lone Pine, Western movie capital of the World.