Avalanche

1h
Western
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An otherwise honest gambler, played by Jack Holt, begins to cheat at cards in order to put his son John Darrow through mining school in this lavish Zane Grey adaptation produced by Paramount. The callow foster-son pays back the noble gesture by running off with Holt's mistress, Olga Baclanova.

Cast

Jack Holt
Jack Dunton
Doris Hill
Kitty Mains
Olga Baclanova
Grace Stillwell
John Darrow
Verde
Guy Oliver
Mr. Mains
Dick Winslow
Jack Dunton (age 12)

Crew

Otto Brower
Director
J. Walter Ruben
Writer
Sam Mintz
Writer
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Screenplay, Dialogue
Zane Grey
Novel
Jane Loring
Editor
Roy Clark
Director of Photography

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