The Avenger (1931)
Blood-tingling all-action western!
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.
- Date of release
- 1931-03-06
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Genres
- Romance, Western
- Director
- Roy William Neill
Casting
- Buck Jones — Joaquin "The Black Shadow" Murietta
- Dorothy Revier — Helen Lake
- Edward Peil Sr. — Ike Mason
- Otto Hoffman — Black Kelly
- Walter Percival — Al Goss
- Edward Hearn — Captain Paul Lake
- Sidney Bracey — Windy
- Paul Fix — Juan Murietta (uncredited)
- Slim Whitaker — Slim
- Ethan Allen — Jailer
- Buck Bucko — Murietta Vaquero
- Roy Bucko — Murietta Vaquero
Interesting facts
The Avenger is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Buck Jones and Dorothy Revier. The film is loosely based on the exploits of legendary Mexican bandit Joaquin Murrieta, who, in the mid-19th century, went to California and, according to the legend, swore vengeance against Americans and began of a series of robberies in the mining country after being discriminated against by white men.
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