A good cast and story with tight direction lift this oater above the average. Morris is the young boy, grown, searching for the murderer of his father, while travelling with a variety show. Hale is great as the baddie, and a very young Albright is, as always, easy on the eyes. This is one of the few pictures Morris received top billing in following his return from WWII, and he also produced. Of course the ending is predictable, but it's fun getting there.
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bux10 March 2000
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jazerbini16 July 2014A nostalgic B westerns but that has survived time and quality. Wayne Morris is very well and Alan Hale steals the show in the role of villain. One detail that you can not pass up is the presence of Lola Albright, beautiful, wonderful. The 50's were rich in Westerns that since the second half of the 40s were being produced on a large scale. Some actors like Wayne Morris occupied important place in movies usually simple and predictable final script, but very pleased that a young audience. Came on his trail, then Rory Calhoun, Dale Robertson, Audie Murphy, Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, Robert Mitchum, Fred MacMurray, Jock Mahoney and others. The film is very nice with a very good photograph, a real gem of the 50s.
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searchanddestroy-125 January 2023Frank Mc Donald the director was very prolific in his times, especially a great western provider, at least in quantity. In quality, well, he was not John Ford. But this very one, is rather well made. In the fifties, the quality of Mc Donald's films increased a bit, more and more till his last films. Which however remained only honest B westerns of eighty minutes; not only one hour, as in the forties. This one is full of charm and rythm, despite the predictable and thousand times seen topic. From Monogram, future Allied Artists company, it is not poverty row either. It is pleasant, with a convincing Wayne Morris. Good stuff.