Review of In Old California

This film is a disappointment from top to bottom. While I could have understood a film of this nature from the Duke's poverty row days, by 1942 he was making quality pictures like _The Spoilers_ and _The Long Voyage Home_. Even flicks like _Pittsburgh_ and _In Old Oklahoma_, while formulaic, at least followed a _good_ formula. This film isn't offensive enough to make me hate it like _Big Jim McLain_ or _Donovan's Reef_, but it's plenty bad. No action, no character, no story, no reason to watch.