Kermit Maynard Double Feature: Wildcat Trooper (1936) / Code of The Mounted (1935)

Wildcat Trooper (B&W, 1936): Sergeant Gale Farrell of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police impersonates a notorious gunman known only as "The Raven," going undercover to infiltrate an elusive criminal gang. Tavern owner Henry McClain seems to be calling the shots as the mob instigates a bloody feud between rival fur trappers. Sgt. Farrell gains McClain's confidence and soon learns that he takes his orders from someone higher. Now the Mountie must solve an even deeper mystery as he works to defuse an explosive clan war in the remote Canadian territories. Starring Kermit Maynard, Hobart Bosworth, Fuzzy Knight, Jim Thorpe; Directed by Elmer Clifton.

Code of the Mounted (B&W, 1935): Two Mounties are ambushed and shot down as they escort a dangerous convict through the mountains. The prisoner, freed by his outlaw brothers, is a gunman working for a gang that uses threats and violence to corner the Northwest fur trade. Sent to investigate the murder of his two comrades, RCMP Corporal Jim Wilson zeroes in on a trading post run by a shady character named Duval and a hard-edged beauty named Jean. Wilson is drawn to Jean, but duty compels him to acknowledge that all the criminal activity seems to whirl around her fur-trading establishment. Starring Kermit Maynard, Lillian Milos, Syd Saylor, Jim Thorpe; Directed by Sam Newfield.

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