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Perils of the Wilderness
“Sensational, sizzling saga of America's wildest frontier!”
6.5 / 10• 1956• 4h 18m•NR• English
Western
Storyline
In the 56th (and next-to-last serial) made by Columbia Pictures, Montana Deputy Dan Lawson, posing as an outlaw called Laramie, goes to the Canadian northwest on the trail of Bart Randall who is wanted for murder and bank robbery in the states. In Canada, Randall is a little more upscale and uses a hydra-plane and a fake totem to over-awe the Indians. Laramie is aided in his search by RCMP Sergeant Gray and by Donna Blane, who is suspected at first of giving information to Randall, but who is actually a Canadian secret agent investigating Randall's gun-trading with the Indians.
Cast & Crew
Dennis Moore
Deputy Marshal Dan Mason, aka Laramie
Lead
Evelyn Finley
Donna Blaine (as Eve Anderson)
Kenneth MacDonald
Bart Randall (as Kenneth R. MacDonald)
Rick Vallin
Little Bear
John Elliott
Homer Lynch
Don C. Harvey
Kruger
Terry Frost
Batiste
Al Ferguson
Mike
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Spencer Gordon Bennet's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Perils of the Wilderness is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
