Wanderer of the Wasteland

Wanderer of the Wasteland

A Rip-Roaring Romance of the Old West...a Yarn With the Punch of a Six-Gun Bullet!

1935 · 62 min · ★ 6.0 · Adventure, Action, Romance, Western

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.

Directed by Otho Lovering · Written by Stuart Anthony

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