"Blazing Sixes" was another in the Dick Foran Singing Cowboy series for Warner Bros. This one is about gold robberies.
Jim Hess (John Merton) and his gang led by Chuck (Henry Otho) along with Mort (Milton Kibbee), Dave (Bud Osborne) and Slim (Ben Coirbett) have been holding up stagecoaches carrying government gold bound for the Denver mint. A mint official (Gordon Hart) and Major Taylor (Kenneth Harlan) discuss the problem. Taylor assigns Red Barton (Foran) and Peewee (Glenn Strange) to work undercover to find out who is behind the robberies. Oddly enough, none of the gold turns up after the robberies. Whar's the gold?
The gang has been hiding out on an abandoned ranch where they melt down the gold coins and make gold ingots for smuggling out of the country. Young Barbara Morgan (Helen Valkis aka Joan Valerie) and her Aunt Sarah (Mira McKinney) arrive at the ranch where Barbara informs Hess that she has inherited the ranch from her late father. Meanwhile, Red has infiltrated the gang and both he and Hess want to get rid of the women for different reasons. Of course, Red has an eye for Barbara as does Hess.
Red has joined the gang as a result of his holding up the bandits dressed all in black. He offers Hess half of the stolen loot in return for his acceptance into the operation. As often happens in these movies, Foran gets himself arrested only to have his pal, in this case Peewee break him out just in time to go after the bad guys.
Hess gets wind that Red and the boys are coming after his operation and makes preparations to leave. Red, Peewee and rhe posse ride towards the ranch as Barbara and Aunt Sarah get caught up in the action. A bang up gunfight ensues and.............................................................................
Foran gets to croon the usual three forgettable songs including a saloon sing a long as well as serenading the heroine.. It was nice to see Glenn Strange in a larger than usual role for a change. He toiled in westerns for over forty years ending up as Sam the Bartender on TV's long running "Gunsmoke" series.
Unless I missed it, we never did learn where and to whom Merton was shipping the gold bullion. And watch during the "ride to the rescue" sequence where in one shot we see Foran dressed in his all black outfit while in the rest of the chase he is wearing a light colored costume.
Jim Hess (John Merton) and his gang led by Chuck (Henry Otho) along with Mort (Milton Kibbee), Dave (Bud Osborne) and Slim (Ben Coirbett) have been holding up stagecoaches carrying government gold bound for the Denver mint. A mint official (Gordon Hart) and Major Taylor (Kenneth Harlan) discuss the problem. Taylor assigns Red Barton (Foran) and Peewee (Glenn Strange) to work undercover to find out who is behind the robberies. Oddly enough, none of the gold turns up after the robberies. Whar's the gold?
The gang has been hiding out on an abandoned ranch where they melt down the gold coins and make gold ingots for smuggling out of the country. Young Barbara Morgan (Helen Valkis aka Joan Valerie) and her Aunt Sarah (Mira McKinney) arrive at the ranch where Barbara informs Hess that she has inherited the ranch from her late father. Meanwhile, Red has infiltrated the gang and both he and Hess want to get rid of the women for different reasons. Of course, Red has an eye for Barbara as does Hess.
Red has joined the gang as a result of his holding up the bandits dressed all in black. He offers Hess half of the stolen loot in return for his acceptance into the operation. As often happens in these movies, Foran gets himself arrested only to have his pal, in this case Peewee break him out just in time to go after the bad guys.
Hess gets wind that Red and the boys are coming after his operation and makes preparations to leave. Red, Peewee and rhe posse ride towards the ranch as Barbara and Aunt Sarah get caught up in the action. A bang up gunfight ensues and.............................................................................
Foran gets to croon the usual three forgettable songs including a saloon sing a long as well as serenading the heroine.. It was nice to see Glenn Strange in a larger than usual role for a change. He toiled in westerns for over forty years ending up as Sam the Bartender on TV's long running "Gunsmoke" series.
Unless I missed it, we never did learn where and to whom Merton was shipping the gold bullion. And watch during the "ride to the rescue" sequence where in one shot we see Foran dressed in his all black outfit while in the rest of the chase he is wearing a light colored costume.
