The Drifter(1944)
BOOKED FOR A HANGING! Buster's Neck is Due For Stretching...Till He Starts His Six Guns Barking
A Robin Hood-type outlaw rides the range and helps others. Another outlaw who looks just like him tries to cash in on the other outlaw's reputation.
Movie: The Drifter
Top 10 Billed Cast
Billy Carson / Drifter Davis
Fuzzy Q. Jones
Dirk Trent
Sheriff Perkins
Marshal Hodges
Simms
Jack
Blackie
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