While I am not the most politically correct guy out there and I don't get too bent out of shape about stuff I see in old films, I should point out that this film features a minstrel show. Yup, white guts wearing paint to make themselves look like stereotypical blacks...not exactly something that won't offend! I am NOT saying this make the film one to skip, it might be one to skip if you cannot look past this.
"Boss of Rawhide" is a series western from PRC...a low-budget company known for mostly craptastic movies. They were famous for making B-movies...and "Boss" is clearly a B...with a running time under an hour and a low-budget version of The Three Mesquiteers or The Range Busters (series films from Monogram, one of the better low-budget studios).
The story begins with a group of folks in a stage coach being shaken down to pay extra to pass through a patch of land. Soon, a guy who didn't wanna pay is shot dead by a baddie hiding in the woods and it just so happens that the Rangers are among the folks in the coach. They decide to pretend to be strangers to each other and some of them pose as traveling minstrels! The story all boils down to the usual B-western plot...there's a boss who wants to gain control of all the land there abouts and he isn't against killing and terrorizing folks to do so.
What does the film have going for it? Well, if you like singing cowboy films, the music is at times nice...though not quite as good as what you'd find in a Gene Autry or Roy Rogers flick.
What is working against it? Well, the plot is the most overused plot in westerns. And, the minstrel scenes are demeaning and rather gross. Overall, not one of the better films of its type, though one die-hard fans might be able to enjoy.
"Boss of Rawhide" is a series western from PRC...a low-budget company known for mostly craptastic movies. They were famous for making B-movies...and "Boss" is clearly a B...with a running time under an hour and a low-budget version of The Three Mesquiteers or The Range Busters (series films from Monogram, one of the better low-budget studios).
The story begins with a group of folks in a stage coach being shaken down to pay extra to pass through a patch of land. Soon, a guy who didn't wanna pay is shot dead by a baddie hiding in the woods and it just so happens that the Rangers are among the folks in the coach. They decide to pretend to be strangers to each other and some of them pose as traveling minstrels! The story all boils down to the usual B-western plot...there's a boss who wants to gain control of all the land there abouts and he isn't against killing and terrorizing folks to do so.
What does the film have going for it? Well, if you like singing cowboy films, the music is at times nice...though not quite as good as what you'd find in a Gene Autry or Roy Rogers flick.
What is working against it? Well, the plot is the most overused plot in westerns. And, the minstrel scenes are demeaning and rather gross. Overall, not one of the better films of its type, though one die-hard fans might be able to enjoy.