4/10
A Short Film Which Suffered from a Lack of Proper Development
6 July 2022
This film essentially begins with an outlaw gang headed by the name of "Pandro Zanti" (Earl Dwire) killing the father of a cowboy named "John Tobin" (John Wayne) and riding off with several head of cattle. Not long afterward, Pandro rides upon a house where an old miner named "Dusty" (George 'Gabby' Hayes) and his pretty daughter "Ruby" (Sheila Terry) lives and, after briefly talking to them, he decides to come back later with the intention of killing Dusty and kidnapping Ruby. What Pandro doesn't realize, however, is that Ruby just happened to overhear Pandro discussing this plan with his men and as a result both Dusty and her manage to escape just before Pandro comes back. It's during this time that both Dusty and Ruby meet up with John Tobin who helps them to safety in a nearby town. Unfortunately, rather than helping out, "Sheriff Luke Williams" (Jack Rockwell) only makes things more difficult for John Tobin who wants to bring Pandro to justice. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this was a rather short film (approximately 59 minutes) which would have probably been better if so many of the action scenes were allowed the time to more fully develop beforehand. Of course, given the time period in question, that probably wasn't feasible. Even so, the entire film seemed to be a paint-by-numbers project to a certain extent and as a result it wasn't nearly as entertaining as I would have liked. That said, I have rated it accordingly. Slightly below average.
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