The Avenger

Mar 6, 1931

1h 12m

★ 5.8

Blood-tingling all-action western!

Overview

Goss, Mason, and Kelly force Joaquin Murieta to watch as they hang his brother Juan for a crime he did not commit. To exact his revenge on the three, Joaquin becomes the notorious Black Shadow.

Genres

Romance

Western

Production Companies

Sol Lesser Productions

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Joaquin "The Black Shadow" Murietta

Buck Jones

Helen Lake

Dorothy Revier

Ike Mason

Edward Peil Sr.

Black Kelly

Otto Hoffman

Al Goss

Walter Percival

Captain Paul Lake

Edward Hearn

Windy

Sidney Bracey

Juan Murietta (uncredited)

Paul Fix

Slim

Slim Whitaker

Jailer

Ethan Allen

Murietta Vaquero

Buck Bucko

Murietta Vaquero

Roy Bucko

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