The Miracle Rider (1935)

Director
B. Reeves Eason; Armand Schaefer

Main cast
Tom Mix; Joan Gale; Charles Middleton; Robert Frazer; Niles Welch

Genres
Western, Action

Description
In 1930s Texas, following the murder of his father, Tom Morgan joins the Texas Rangers to avenge his father's death and to follow in his path as a proponent of Indian rights. His task as a Ranger is to stop the evil Zaroff and his gang, who are smuggling the elements for a powerful explosive from a mine on Indian land.


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