Reporter Partain (30 year old Leslie Nielsen) goes looking for trouble... and Ruth Childers in a little hick town. James Best (Sheriff, from Dukes of Hazzard County) picks a fight. Ed Andrews is the local deputy who knows things, and may or may not be helpful. I recognized Andrews from Glass Bottom Boat. Andrews was always the wise uncle, or the general, supporting the lead. Ruth Childress knows where Tom Ellis is, but she doesn't want to get involved... more than she already is. Partain finally meets the people he's looking for, and starts asking questions. Then things go from bad to worse when they hold Partain and demand a ransom. a fair amount of suspense while we wait to see if they can save him before he's knocked off by the kidnappers. Claude Akins has a meaty role as one of the bad guys. Up to now, Nielsen had mostly tv roles.. then he started getting larger film roles in the mid 1950s. Directed by David Friedkin. did a lot of writing for tv series... I Spy, Hitchcock Presents. this one is very okay. nothing too grand.
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