The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937)

Director
Christy Cabanne

Main cast
Preston Foster; Van Heflin; Virginia Weidler; Jean Muir; Margaret Irving

Genres
Western

Description
The 1937 film version of Bret Harte's story, starring Preston Foster.


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