The Drifter

The Drifter

"Down now - or we go together!" (original lobby card)

1929 · 60 min · ★ 9.0 · Action, Adventure, Western

Silent cowboy western starring Tom Mix, Bernard Bolden, Dorothy Dwan, Barney Furey, Albert J. Smith, and Ernest Wilson. Also, note that this is a "lost" film, which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist.

Directed by Robert De Lacey · Written by Oliver Drake

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