Heart of the North (1938)

Director
Lewis Seiler

Main cast
Dick Foran; Gloria Dickson; Gale Page; Allen Jenkins; Patric Knowles

Genres
Western, Adventure

Description
A two-fisted Canadian Mountie leads lawmen in pursuit of the thieves who stole an Edmonton-bound freighter's cargo.


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