Sierra Stranger

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Sierra Stranger

"LYNCH-HOT TOWN...GUN-CRAZY KID...And a Stranger Battling Both - for the Woman He Loves!"

1957

1h 14m

4.5(6 votes)

Western

Overview

A prospector becomes a small town outcast after he rescues a man about to be lynched.

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12 members

Acting

Howard Duff

Jess Collins

Acting

Gloria McGehee

Meg Anderson

Acting

Dick Foran

Bert Gaines

Acting

John Hoyt

Sheriff

Acting

Barton MacLane

Lem Gotch

Acting

George E. Stone

Barfly Dan

Acting

Ed Kemmer

Sonny Grover

Acting

Robert Foulk

Tom Simmons

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Eve McVeagh

Ruth Gaines

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Henry Kulky

Bartender Matt

Acting

Byron Foulger

Claim Clerk Kelso

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Cillian Quigley Burns

The Sierra Stranger (So Strange)

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