High Lonesome

Year: 1950

Runtime: 81 mins

Language: English

Director: Alan Le May

MysteryWestern

An unseen hand pulls the trigger, sending death streaking through the shadows. As a wave of murders sweeps the remote Big Bend region, the locals quickly blame a newly arrived drifter, whose mysterious past and solitary nature make him the prime suspect in the chilling spree.

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