The Gold Ghost

Dumped by his girlfriend, Buster drives west and winds up in a ghost town called Vulture City, where he appoints himself sheriff.

Cast

Buster Keaton

as Wally

Warren Hymer

as Bugs Kelly

Dorothy Dix

as Gloria

Roger Moore

as (as Joe Young)

William Worthington

as Gloria's Father, Jim

Lloyd Ingraham

as Wally's Father, George

Leo Willis

as Outlaw Chief

Billy Engle

as Short Miner (uncredited)

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