The Adventurer

The Adventurer

1928 · 50 min · ★ 7.0 · Action, Western, Romance, Adventure

American mining engineer Jim McClellan is in love with Dolores de Silva, daughter of the deposed president of a Latin American country. He becomes involved in the revolution....

Directed by Viktor Tourjansky · Written by Jack Cunningham

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