Park Avenue Logger (1937)

Director
David Howard

Main cast
George O'Brien; Beatrice Roberts; Willard Robertson; Ward Bond; Bert Hanlon

Genres
Action, Drama, Romance

Description
Millioniare Curran, thinking his son too intellectual, sends him west to learn logging at one of his lumber camps. Unknown to his father, Grant Curan is a professional wrestler and easily able to handle the thugs that attack him at the lumber camp. This enables him to stay on the job and he soon undercovers how his father is being cheated by the local boss.


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