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Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935)

Adam Larey becomes a fugitive from justice when he escapes after being blamed for a crime he did not commit. He wanders into the desert wastelands and joins an outlaw gang who prey on gold prospectors. Years later, he meets his wife and her gold-prospecting father as they have come there seeking their fortune, and not knowing the danger of the treacherous desert wastes, the poisoned-water holes and the outlaw bands of marauders who roam the desert in search of the gold found by others. He comes to their aid and, eventually, manges to clear his name of the false charge against him.

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Top billed cast

Dean JaggerAdam Larey
Gail PatrickRuth Virey
Edward EllisDismukes
Monte BlueGuerd Larey
Buster CrabbeBig Ben
Trixie FriganzaBig Jo
Raymond HattonMerryvale
Charles WaldronMr. Virey
Anna Q. NilssonMrs. Virey
Leif EricksonLawrence

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