Garden of Evil

Garden of Evil

Takes you beyond the land of the Black Sand!

NR 1954 · 100 min · ★ 6.3 · Western

A trio of American adventurers marooned in rural Mexico are recruited by a beautiful woman to rescue her husband from Apaches.

Directed by Henry Hathaway · Written by Fred Freiberger

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