This is a fourth rate Z grade Western, coming long after TV had taken off and long after Z grade poverty row westerns had moved over to that medium, keeping Western fans and young boys busy on rainy Saturday afternoons. This is nearing the end of the line, too, for Republic Studios and its not quite shining star, the sincere but rather bland Vera Ralston. She gets top billing (with a brother as the film's producer and husband as head of the studio, what else would she get?), but the actual lead is Anthony George, a dark haired American actor, playing an accent free Mexican harassed by local law for being a drifter, simply because he's a Mexican, and not because he's a suspect in a payroll robbery.
Running away from the sheriff's custody with the not quite young Ralston, they find themselves being chased and eventually caught by the sheriff's men. They continue to mistreat George while ogling Ralston, and at times, it seems like they are out to rape her. This tries to deal with the issues of racism and the misuse of the law, but the film is defeated by an exploitation style script. George MacReady, best known for playing villains, plays a seemingly grandfatherly like character who looks over both Ralston and George but seems to have another agenda. Glenn Strange, the last of the Universal Frankenstein monsters, leers and drools as the most vile of the posse out to bring George in.
Ralston is directed to be as girlish as possible, but she's obviously far from youthful here. As for Mr. George, soap fans from the golden age might recognize him as a leading man on several serials, but it is obvious that he is completely miscast in this in spite of his sincere, quiet performance.
Running away from the sheriff's custody with the not quite young Ralston, they find themselves being chased and eventually caught by the sheriff's men. They continue to mistreat George while ogling Ralston, and at times, it seems like they are out to rape her. This tries to deal with the issues of racism and the misuse of the law, but the film is defeated by an exploitation style script. George MacReady, best known for playing villains, plays a seemingly grandfatherly like character who looks over both Ralston and George but seems to have another agenda. Glenn Strange, the last of the Universal Frankenstein monsters, leers and drools as the most vile of the posse out to bring George in.
Ralston is directed to be as girlish as possible, but she's obviously far from youthful here. As for Mr. George, soap fans from the golden age might recognize him as a leading man on several serials, but it is obvious that he is completely miscast in this in spite of his sincere, quiet performance.