This is one of those randomly named B westerns that people went to see because it starred Hoot Gibson. It's not one of his best.
Hoot quarrels with his father, Oscar Apfel, and goes on a toot with buddy Charles Hill. When they wake up and climb off the freight train, they are in a random cattle town, where June Gale hires him to work on the ranch of her father, John Elliott. However, Apfel's crooked partner, Warner Richmond, has been driving out the small ranchers by means fair and foul. So when Hoot winds up as top hand, he sets out to fix things, quarreling with Miss Gale along the way.
Fans of Gibson enjoy his movies for his easy-going charm, his self-deprecating humor, and nice stunt riding. There's not much of any of that, despite Hoot --in long shot -- winning a prize saddle in the opening sequence. The cast is amiable and capable, but this one is a bit too generic, except for Mr. Apfel, who shows some real comic anger in his sequences.
Hoot quarrels with his father, Oscar Apfel, and goes on a toot with buddy Charles Hill. When they wake up and climb off the freight train, they are in a random cattle town, where June Gale hires him to work on the ranch of her father, John Elliott. However, Apfel's crooked partner, Warner Richmond, has been driving out the small ranchers by means fair and foul. So when Hoot winds up as top hand, he sets out to fix things, quarreling with Miss Gale along the way.
Fans of Gibson enjoy his movies for his easy-going charm, his self-deprecating humor, and nice stunt riding. There's not much of any of that, despite Hoot --in long shot -- winning a prize saddle in the opening sequence. The cast is amiable and capable, but this one is a bit too generic, except for Mr. Apfel, who shows some real comic anger in his sequences.