Overland Mail (1939) Poster

(1939)

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Counterfeiters In The Old West
bkoganbing1 January 2012
Jack Randall and Vince Barnett are a pair of cowpokes working for the Overland Stage when Indians who've been peaceful suddenly go on the warpath. One of the tribe was killed in the white man's town of Suddenly and it has to do with a counterfeiting ring operating in the old west. Sheriff Glenn Strange is in on the case as well as some secret service operatives.

Chief villains in the film are Dennis Moore who is a professional counterfeiter and saloon owner Tris Coffin who sports an ethnic accent and affects manners more like an eastern gangster than a western villain.

Randall does have a rather unbelievable escape after being shot which did dampen the credibility of this Monagram feature somewhat. Still it's not a bad western. I've seen two of Randall's features for Monagram and both seem to be a cut above the normal run of B westerns. This one is nicely paced with both action and plot.
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8/10
A nice, breezy surprise!
JohnHowardReid2 February 2018
Warning: Spoilers
Fortunately, the main feature on an Alpha DVD is "Overland Mail" (1939). (The support is 1931's "Human Targets").

One of Monogram's best films, this breezy, fast-moving, amazingly well-acted little picture could well pass for a major studio support offering. Jack Randall (who does all his own riding on his faithful horse, Rusty - now there's a good quiz question!) makes a personable hero, while Tris Coffin plays the Italian greaser impeccably.

We can't fault Vince Barnett's Spanish accent either.

Dennis Moore is excellent as the villain's villain, while George Cleveland plays the whisky salesman-you-get-when-you're-not-having-a-salesman with considerable aplomb.

And it's all breezily directed with style and finesse by Bob Hill (who makes the most of Monogram's remarkably high production values) from a really engrossing screenplay by producer Robert Emmett Tansey.
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