Deadwood Dick(1940)
The old West's hero of heroes...in the most blood-chilling Chapter-Play ever to thunder out of the bullet-streaked past!
Columbia's 11th serial and the first western serial that James W. Horne solo-directed.
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Columbia's 11th serial and the first western serial that James W. Horne solo-directed.
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1940-07-19
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The old West's hero of heroes...in the most blood-chilling Chapter-Play ever to thunder out of the bullet-streaked past!
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