I'm not much of a fan of westerns of the non-spaghetti variety, but when this very rare Universal second feature popped up on television a few months ago I couldn't ignore it - especially as there were no IMDb reviews. So here I go, galloping into uncharted and generally unfriendly territory.
Buck Jones was, I gather, a minor star of the oater genre, and this is indeed billed as 'A Buck Jones Production'. Though the film has a western setting, it is not the 'old' West, but the West of the 1930s, where women wear contemporary fashions and the sheriff works in a modern office. Buck plays the absurdly monickered 'Alamo Bowie', a Wells Fargo employee assigned to bust a New Mexico cattle rustling ring. He doesn't want the assignment but changes his mind when he discovers he'll get to spend time near vaguely attractive Betty Golden (Noel Francis).
There is little if anything in this film to set it apart from a thousand other b-westerns. Disinterestedly directed by Lesley Selander, the film has been well preserved and looks terrific. If you're a Buck Jones fan, you'll want to watch for it on Encore Westerns. If you're not...well, I just saved you from wasting 62 minutes of your life.
Buck Jones was, I gather, a minor star of the oater genre, and this is indeed billed as 'A Buck Jones Production'. Though the film has a western setting, it is not the 'old' West, but the West of the 1930s, where women wear contemporary fashions and the sheriff works in a modern office. Buck plays the absurdly monickered 'Alamo Bowie', a Wells Fargo employee assigned to bust a New Mexico cattle rustling ring. He doesn't want the assignment but changes his mind when he discovers he'll get to spend time near vaguely attractive Betty Golden (Noel Francis).
There is little if anything in this film to set it apart from a thousand other b-westerns. Disinterestedly directed by Lesley Selander, the film has been well preserved and looks terrific. If you're a Buck Jones fan, you'll want to watch for it on Encore Westerns. If you're not...well, I just saved you from wasting 62 minutes of your life.