Cavalry officer John Drum attempts to track down outlaw Whit Lacey, but finds he must join forces with Lacey to fight a Sioux war party.Cavalry officer John Drum attempts to track down outlaw Whit Lacey, but finds he must join forces with Lacey to fight a Sioux war party.Cavalry officer John Drum attempts to track down outlaw Whit Lacey, but finds he must join forces with Lacey to fight a Sioux war party.
- Julie Ann McCabe
- (as Adrian Booth)
- Fort Sentry
- (as Louis R. Faust)
- Buck - Stagecoach Driver
- (uncredited)
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- Justice of the Peace
- (uncredited)
- Posseman
- (uncredited)
- Miner
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe first of two feature films to include in its cast both Clayton Moore and John Hart, the two actors who would later play the title role in The Lone Ranger (1949). In two of Moore's episodes as the masked hero, Hart also appeared in minor roles, along with Jay Silverheels who would play Tonto to both actors during the series' run and therefore was in more episodes than anyone else.
- Quotes
Sam Borden: Tap, it ain't every man that gets the chance to see his own funeral. I don't know that I rightly like it, though. It seems kind of ghostly like. There's my cousin, Pete, all red-eyed... mostly from corn, not from grief. And there's banker Havens sad as can be, but probably wondering will my house bring money enough at auction to cover the mortgage.
To establish his credentials with Tucker, a fake killing of sheriff George Cleveland is carried out and that does put him in solid with Tucker. It also puts him in solid with Tucker's girlfriend Lorna Gray and her companion Ilona Massey. By the way Massey looks completely lost in a western. Maybe Herbert J. Yates had Vera Hruba Ralston shooting another picture at Republic.
There's a nicely staged Sioux attack as a climax where both Cameron and Tucker find out who's been selling rifles to the Sioux. Selling weaponry to the Indians is a cardinal sin in all western films.
Yates put a bit more budget into this western than normal, possibly thinking that Cameron, Tucker or both might be a breakout star from the B westerns. Of course that never happened as it did with John Wayne. It should have had a better story with better drawn characters. Paul Fix for instance when we first meet him is a back shooting rat. For no apparent reason he becomes downright noble in the end.
Not the best western Yates ever turned out of his horse opera factory.
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- Nov 9, 2015
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- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1