The Grub Stake

The Grub Stake

NR 1923 · 99 min · ★ 6.5 · Drama, Adventure, Western

A young woman is lured to the Yukon by a gambler with promises of marriage and a grubstake for a gold mine. She takes her ailing father with her, only to discover when she gets there that the gambler was lying to her and actually planned to sell her to a dance hall. She gathers her father and an old miner she has met, takes a dogsled and supplies from the gambler and the three of them head for the wilderness to look for a lost gold claim the old miner has been looking for.

Directed by Bert Van Tuyle · Written by Nell Shipman

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