Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935)
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Synopsis of Wanderer of the Wasteland
This Zane Grey adaptation stars Dean Jagger as Adam and Gail Patrick as Ruth, two rugged individuals heading to gold country by riverboat. The couple's burgeoning romance is interrupted when Adam inadvertently gets involved in a murder. On the lam from the authorities, he links up with grizzled old prospector Dismukes (Edward Ellis), the titular wasteland wanderer. In typical Zane Grey fashion, hero and heroine are ultimately reunited by a series of convenient coincidences -- but there's still villainous Big Ben (Buster Crabbe) to contend with. Hefty vaudeville headliner Trixie Friganza also shows up in a choice supporting role. Previously filmed by Paramount in 1924 (in Technicolor, no less), Wanderer of the Wasteland was remade by RKO Radio in 1945. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Wanderer of the Wasteland
- Dean Jagger - Adam Larey
- Edward Ellis - Dismukes
- Larry "Buster" Crabbe - Big Ben
- Monte Blue - Guerd Larey
- Fuzzy Knight - Deputy Scott
- Tammany Young - Paducah
- Stanley Andrews - Sheriff Collinshaw
- Marina Schubert
- Bud Osborne
- Alfred Delcambre
- Leif Erickson - Lawrence
- Gail Patrick - Ruth Virey
- Ben Baker - Piano Player
- Trixie Friganza - Big Jo
- Raymond Hatton - Merryvale
- Anna Q. Nilsson - Mrs. Virey
- Jim Thorpe - Charlie Jim
- Robert Burns
- Al St. John
- Kenneth Harlan
- Pat O'Malley - Jed
- Director(s):
- Otho Lovering
- Writer(s):
- Stuart Anthony
- Producer(s):
- Harold Hurley
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