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| The Lonesome Trail | |
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| Directed by | Richard Bartlett |
| Starring | Wayne Morris John Agar Edgar Buchanan |
| Music by | Leon Klatzkin (as Leo Klatzkin) |
| Distributed by | Lippert Pictures |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Lonesome Trail is a 1955 American Western film starring Wayne Morris and John Agar.
It was made for Lippert Pictures.
A recently demobilized soldier's property and girl are taken from him by a greedy rancher whose henchmen have control over the town, but the ex-soldier plans a decisive showdown with his tormentors to right the wrongs.
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