A Bullet Is Waiting
ā 6.3 Ā· 1954 Ā· 81m Ā· Drama Ā· Crime
A plane carrying a sheriff and a man indicted for manslaughter is wrecked on a lonely California beach and the prisoner manages to escape, after a struggle, only to be taken in hand by the female manager of a remote sheep ranch.
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