Pine Thomas took a tentative step into the big time with this Western - it's got a decent budget, colour, Randolph Scott and Gabby Hayes.
It's not very interesting though. Scott is a cowboy who comes to the title town to work for his uncle who turns out to be a baddy so Scott ends up helping the goodies. There's an insipid female lead but a more meaty other female lead part (played by Barbara Britton) - a conwoman who causes trouble and romances Scott's ally, Russell Hayden.
Scott smokes in a few scenes which feels weird. He's polite and good natured, looks at home in the saddle. I wasn't wild about him. Gabby Hayes does his thing. Theres an okay support cast - I really liked seeing Lon Chaney (who has a fist fight with Scott!) and George Cleveland was effective as the main baddie, with a soft spoken voice.
Still, it was all a bit underwhelming.
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