The Whispering Skull
BLAZING SIX-SHOOTERS...Were the only means of smashing this Phantom-Like Figure!
NR 1944 · 58 min · ★ 6.0 · Western
Rangers Tex Haines and Dave Wyatt track a killer known as the Whispering Skull. In the wake of the Skull's slaughter, a band of thieves takes advantage of the fear he's brought to town.
Directed by Elmer Clifton · Written by Harry L. Fraser
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Tex Ritter Tex Haines -
Dave O'Brien Dave Wyatt -
Guy Wilkerson Panhandle Perkins - D Denny Burke Ellen Jackson
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I. Stanford Jolley Duke Walters -
Henry Hall Judge Polk -
George Morrell Marvin Jackson -
Ed Cassidy Doc Humphrey -
Bob Kortman Joe Carter - W Wen Wright Mike Coram
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