Buck Jones falls under the thrall of Robert Ellis, who has a scheme to have his land developed by farmers who think they own the land. He offers himself as a nice guy, returning to Buck his rig and horse lost in a rigged race. Everyone, including Buck, thinks Ellis is swell, until...
GetTV has been running a lot of early 1930s B westerns in magnificent prints. All too often, when looking at B westerns these days, you have to look at badly-printed multi-generational dupes. Although this one shows some chipping, the image quality is beautiful and except for a few stock shots shows beautiful composition and action shots.
Where this one falls a bit short is in the writing department. There's quite a bit of padding (there's a lot of silliness concerning runaway turkeys) and the usual annoying kid who is ingénue Shirley Grey's brother and who admires Buck enormously.
There's little that's terribly wrong with this movie and given some of the unwatchable prints that circulate, it's a pleasure. It's just that this one won't win any fans for B Westerns.
GetTV has been running a lot of early 1930s B westerns in magnificent prints. All too often, when looking at B westerns these days, you have to look at badly-printed multi-generational dupes. Although this one shows some chipping, the image quality is beautiful and except for a few stock shots shows beautiful composition and action shots.
Where this one falls a bit short is in the writing department. There's quite a bit of padding (there's a lot of silliness concerning runaway turkeys) and the usual annoying kid who is ingénue Shirley Grey's brother and who admires Buck enormously.
There's little that's terribly wrong with this movie and given some of the unwatchable prints that circulate, it's a pleasure. It's just that this one won't win any fans for B Westerns.