Valley of Hunted Men (1942)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

John English

Writers:

William Colt MacDonald (characters)
Charles L. Tedford (idea)

Release Date:

13 November 1942 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

The Three Mesquiteers ride herd on range saboteurs!

Plot:

It's 1941 and three Nazis escape from a Canadian prison. Two are killed but the third kills Paul Schiller and assumes his identity...

Plot Keywords:

Nazi | Three Mesquiteers Series

Cast

Bob Steele	...	Tucson Smith
Tom Tyler	...	Stony Brooke
Jimmie Dodd	...	Lullaby Joslin
Edward Van Sloan	...	Dr. Heinrich Steiner
Roland Varno	...	Captain Carl Baum / False Paul Schiller
Anna Marie Stewart	...	Laura Steiner
Edythe Elliott	...	Elisabeth Schiller
Arno Frey	...	Counsel Von Breckner
Richard K. French	...	Franz Toller (as Richard French)
Robert R. Stephenson	...	Kruger (as Robert Stevenson)
George N. Neise	...	Paul Schiller (as George Neise)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (certificate #8804)

Filming Locations:

Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Republic Pictures (I)

Movie Connections:

Follows Shadows on the Sage (1942)

Panic in the valley

There is not much one can say about this movie. It is pretty much a canned western with nazis as villains instead of Indians or cattle thieves. In a real sense, it pretty much reflected the confusion and the panic of the times early in World War Two. Enemy agents could be anywhere, anyone with a German name (Dr. Steiner in this movie)was suspect. Citizens were aware that the fate of the nation was in peril with a series of battle losses in both Europe and the Pacific. The irony in this film is that Dr. Steiner in fact aids the United States with his invention. If you like grass root cowboy movies, this is for you.