After a shootout with some outlaws leaves his best friend dead, "Sheriff John Higgins" (John Wayne) is so emotionally distraught he decides to tender his resignation and heads out west to live a solitary life as a prospector. It's during this time that he befriends an injured Indian and carries him back to his tribe for medical attention which earns him the gratitude of the chief by the name of "Black Eagle" (William Wilkerson). Not long after that, he then witnesses a stage car being robbed and, after chasing off the bandits, not only recovers the stolen loot, but also rescues the sole female passenger--who just happens to be the daughter of his best friend. Unfortunately, she mistakes him for one of the bandits which complicates things even more for everyone involved. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this was a decent western but suffered from a poor script, unsophisticated action scenes and a very short running time (approximately 51 minutes). Having said that, however, I have always believed that it isn't quite fair to compare a film made so long ago to those produced in modern times and, as a result, many of these issues should probably be discounted to some degree. Even so, this was, by and large, a grade-B film by any standard and for that reason I have rated it accordingly. Average.
Review of Texas Terror
