The Avenger (1933)
A disgraced former District Attorney plots his revenge on the members of a criminal gang who had him framed and sent to prison.
Top billed cast
Ralph ForbesNorman Craig
Adrienne AmesRuth Knowles
Arthur VintonJames Gordon
Claude GillingwaterWitt
Charlotte MerriamSally
J. Carrol NaishHanley
Berton ChurchillForster
Murray KinnellCormack
Thomas E. JacksonMcCall
Paul FixVickers
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