This is one of my favorite westerns. Critics have rated it awful and I understand their reasons why. For me however I have it on a Beta tape which lets you know how long ago that I saw it and it has not been shown since the early 1980's and is not on any VHS or DVD reproduction. The story was lifted from an old Tim Holt film in the early forties before he went in the service. Skip Homeier always played a young headstrong .often weak character. He was always a bad guy regardless of the setting or the picture. This is the only film I have seen that Homeier is the HERO and kind of cool at that. All of the Republic stock company seems to fill out the rest of the cast. Kristine Miller appears to have gained a few pounds which fills out her look as a frontier woman quite well.
the plot goes like this. The Warrens, a family consisting of 3 brothers one sister and a father own a gold mine that the unscrupulous mayor George Macready devises plans to obtain. The mayor sends for Shotgun Kelly a hired gun to affect his machinations. Mallory, played by Skip, having killed Shotgun in a fair fight comes into town, is mistaken for Kelly and obtains the confidence of the mayor. Mallory rides out to warn the Warren family but is captured by the Warren boys 'the best rifle shots in the county'. Mallory plays along with the mayor and his gang foiling several traps set for him. The good guys outsmart the bad guys and Mallory who wasn't a lawman just a nice guy looking to prospect makes his strike with the Warren girl and the gold.
Now I loved the music soundtrack, the dialog- Mayor Plummer "whatever happens in life good or bad. Use it" and just the fact that it was an ordinary old time horse opera that had a very low budget and modern feel to it just appealed to me. I scour the internet and all movie sites looking for someone that has the title available but so far no luck.I am sure that all of the Republic movie series like the Estilita Rodriguiez series,the Red Ryder westerns and serials are in public domain so maybe the film will be available some day. FEBRUARY 9 2013 Epilog: My movie is now on AMAZON video library. I have just watched it for free and i hoe to transfer it to a disc. Talk about happy endings.
the plot goes like this. The Warrens, a family consisting of 3 brothers one sister and a father own a gold mine that the unscrupulous mayor George Macready devises plans to obtain. The mayor sends for Shotgun Kelly a hired gun to affect his machinations. Mallory, played by Skip, having killed Shotgun in a fair fight comes into town, is mistaken for Kelly and obtains the confidence of the mayor. Mallory rides out to warn the Warren family but is captured by the Warren boys 'the best rifle shots in the county'. Mallory plays along with the mayor and his gang foiling several traps set for him. The good guys outsmart the bad guys and Mallory who wasn't a lawman just a nice guy looking to prospect makes his strike with the Warren girl and the gold.
Now I loved the music soundtrack, the dialog- Mayor Plummer "whatever happens in life good or bad. Use it" and just the fact that it was an ordinary old time horse opera that had a very low budget and modern feel to it just appealed to me. I scour the internet and all movie sites looking for someone that has the title available but so far no luck.I am sure that all of the Republic movie series like the Estilita Rodriguiez series,the Red Ryder westerns and serials are in public domain so maybe the film will be available some day. FEBRUARY 9 2013 Epilog: My movie is now on AMAZON video library. I have just watched it for free and i hoe to transfer it to a disc. Talk about happy endings.