Two men find an abandoned baby and fight over the ownership of the child resulting in lifelong rivalry.Two men find an abandoned baby and fight over the ownership of the child resulting in lifelong rivalry.Two men find an abandoned baby and fight over the ownership of the child resulting in lifelong rivalry.
Edward Hearn
- Texas Tex
- (as Guy Edward Hearn)
William Le Maire
- Denveras Denver
- (as William LeMaire)
Clem Beauchamp
- Mineras Miner
- (uncredited)
George Burton
- Santa Feas Santa Fe
- (uncredited)
Cy Clegg
- Mineras Miner
- (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
- Buck's Partneras Buck's Partner
- (uncredited)
Western pardners Jeff and Cash find a baby boy in an otherwise deserted emigrants' camp, and clash over which is to be "father." They are still bitterly feuding years later when they own adjacent ranches. Bill, the foundling whom Cash has raised to young manhood, wants to end the feud and extends an olive branch toward Jeff, who now has a lovely daughter. But during a mining venture, the bitterness escalates. Is Bill to be set against his own adoptive father? —Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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Bad Blood
Two prospectors come across an abandoned covered wagon - abandoned, that is, except for a baby. They have a disagreement, one stays to raise the baby and the other leaves, leaving his partner holding the bag, er, baby. Fast forward twenty-odd years, and the baby grows up to be William Boyd. The two prospectors are deadly enemies, and the grown-up baby tries to bring them together. Added bonus; the one who left now has a pretty daughter, a development not lost on the boy.
The story is fairly interesting and could have been more so if the movie hadn't been cannibalized and crucial scenes removed for other movies. Several reviewers have mentioned some scenes have been taken out and with them much of the excitement was drained from the film. In addition, the acting is slow and deliberate giving the movie an artificial, stilted feel and will catch modern audiences off balance. On the whole, though, it is worth a look due to the peculiar nature of the subject matter, and to see Clark Gable as a bad guy minus his customary charm, and William Boyd before he hit the bigtime as Hopalong Cassidy.
The story is fairly interesting and could have been more so if the movie hadn't been cannibalized and crucial scenes removed for other movies. Several reviewers have mentioned some scenes have been taken out and with them much of the excitement was drained from the film. In addition, the acting is slow and deliberate giving the movie an artificial, stilted feel and will catch modern audiences off balance. On the whole, though, it is worth a look due to the peculiar nature of the subject matter, and to see Clark Gable as a bad guy minus his customary charm, and William Boyd before he hit the bigtime as Hopalong Cassidy.
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- GManfred
- Nov 30, 2015
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