NOTES: Re-made as "Goin' South" (1978).
COMMENT: In a word: Dull. Miss Buffington (alias Jess Bowers) is a staple contributor to B-grade oaters. The accent is firmly on talk- talk-talk as much as possible, inside some of the smallest interior sets ever to penetrate the CinemaScope screen. Jones' direction is as tedious as the dialogue, his only concession to competence being to often stage speeches with characters at either end of a table. There are two or three bursts of mild action with stunt men very obviously doing the honors. Aside from James Griffith's likable, drawling bushwacker, the support cast is even more charmless and wooden than the leads. Photography is washed out and exterior locations are dull. In all, a wearisome and eminently unwatchable effort from Poverty Row.
Aside from James Griffith, even the villains are a dull lot, both in writing and playing. Something could have been made of the Griffith relationship with our heroes but little — disappointingly — is developed.
COMMENT: In a word: Dull. Miss Buffington (alias Jess Bowers) is a staple contributor to B-grade oaters. The accent is firmly on talk- talk-talk as much as possible, inside some of the smallest interior sets ever to penetrate the CinemaScope screen. Jones' direction is as tedious as the dialogue, his only concession to competence being to often stage speeches with characters at either end of a table. There are two or three bursts of mild action with stunt men very obviously doing the honors. Aside from James Griffith's likable, drawling bushwacker, the support cast is even more charmless and wooden than the leads. Photography is washed out and exterior locations are dull. In all, a wearisome and eminently unwatchable effort from Poverty Row.
Aside from James Griffith, even the villains are a dull lot, both in writing and playing. Something could have been made of the Griffith relationship with our heroes but little — disappointingly — is developed.