Director: WALLACE W. FOX. Original screenplay: Adele Buffington. Photography: Maury Gertsman. Film editor: D. Patrick Kelly. Art directors: Jack Otterson, Abraham Grossman. Set decorators: Russell A. Gausman, Leigh Hunt. Costumes: Rosemary Odell. Hair styles: Carmen Dirigo. Make-up: Jack P. Pierce. Music director: Paul Sawtell. Sound recording supervisor: Bernard B. Brown. Sound technician: Jess Moulin. Producer: Wallace W. Fox.
Copyright 21 August 1946 by Universal Pictures Co., Inc. No New York opening. U.S. release: 9 August 1946. U.K. release: 22 September 1947. Australian release: 27 February 1947. 5,499 feet. 61 minutes.
SYNOPSIS: An unscrupulous shoe manufacturer is killing off herds of wild horses for their hides. He is foiled by an Indian boy, a kindly doctor and a sympathetic schoolteacher.
COMMENT: A passable programmer for the Saturday Matinée trade. Don Porter is not our idea of a hero, and we could certainly do without his spurious philosophy. But the rest of the cast is okay. Adele Buffington's script actually consists of two stories joined together, but the kids will love the wild horse action climax (and not notice that it is composed of stock footage. You'd think that even a second-string director would at least match the villain's hat with the said villain's stunt man's attire). Nevertheless, the movie's budget does boast some great locations and good production values.
Copyright 21 August 1946 by Universal Pictures Co., Inc. No New York opening. U.S. release: 9 August 1946. U.K. release: 22 September 1947. Australian release: 27 February 1947. 5,499 feet. 61 minutes.
SYNOPSIS: An unscrupulous shoe manufacturer is killing off herds of wild horses for their hides. He is foiled by an Indian boy, a kindly doctor and a sympathetic schoolteacher.
COMMENT: A passable programmer for the Saturday Matinée trade. Don Porter is not our idea of a hero, and we could certainly do without his spurious philosophy. But the rest of the cast is okay. Adele Buffington's script actually consists of two stories joined together, but the kids will love the wild horse action climax (and not notice that it is composed of stock footage. You'd think that even a second-string director would at least match the villain's hat with the said villain's stunt man's attire). Nevertheless, the movie's budget does boast some great locations and good production values.
