Albuquerque (1948)Cole Armin, recruited by his corrupt uncle as heir apparent to his freight-hauling empire, defects to his honest rival. Director:Ray Enright |
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Albuquerque (1948)Cole Armin, recruited by his corrupt uncle as heir apparent to his freight-hauling empire, defects to his honest rival. Director:Ray Enright |
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| Randolph Scott | ... |
Cole Armin
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Barbara Britton | ... |
Letty Tyler
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| George 'Gabby' Hayes | ... |
Juke
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| Lon Chaney Jr. | ... |
Steve Murkill
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Russell Hayden | ... |
Ted Wallace
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Catherine Craig | ... |
Celia Wallace
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George Cleveland | ... |
John Armin
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Irving Bacon | ... |
Dave Walton
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Bernard Nedell | ... |
Sheriff Ed Linton
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Karolyn Grimes | ... |
Myrtle Walton
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Russell Simpson | ... |
Abner Huggins
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Jody Gilbert | ... |
Pearl Eager
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John Halloran | ... |
Matt Wayne
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Dan White | ... |
Henchman Jackson
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Walter Baldwin | ... |
Judge Fred Martin
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Cole Armin comes to Albuquerque to work for his uncle, John Armin, a despotic and hard-hearted czar who operates an ore-hauling freight line, and whose goal is to eliminate a competing line run by Ted Wallace and his sister Celia. Cole tires of his uncle's heavy-handed tactics and switches over to the Wallace side. Lety Tyler, an agent hired by the uncle, also switches over by warning Cole and Ted of a trap set for them by the uncle and his henchman Juke Murkil. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
At first I thought this was going to turn into another B western since it has a cast that includes Gabby Hayes, Russell Hayden and Lon Chaney in it, but then the plot quickens and it starts to get better as time goes on.
Randolph Scott plays Cole Armin, a happy-go-lucky guy who decides to come to Albuquerque and work for his wheelchair-bound uncle, John Armin (George Cleveland) in his freight business, only to find out that his uncle has got the town under his thumb and is willing to resort to murder in order to keep it that way.
Cole decides he doesn't want any part of his uncle's business and goes to work for honest-guy Ted Wallace (Hayden) and his sister Celia (Catherine Craig) who are the only freight competition in town against his uncle. They get a contract to transport ore for the miners down from the mountains, but Cole's uncle tries to sabotage it every step of the way, including bringing in beautiful Barbara Britton to spy on them and having Lon Chaney pick fights with Cole.
But that's all for naught because Britton starts to fall in love with Hayden and she informs Cole as to what his evil uncle is up to. It all ends in a gun battle on the street and the bad guys get their just rewards, including John Armin.
I'm glad the previous poster mentioned the cheap "Cinecolor" process that Paramount originally used because I was wondering why the film had a washed-out, 'colorized' look to it. It's even more apparent on the new Universal DVD that's recently come out.
Still, it not bad. Even Gabby Hayes was bearable.
6 out of 10