Canyon Raiders (1951) User Reviews (2)

Wilson whips the bad guys .........

[ca-corbett · 3/10 · 30 April 2008]

Whip Wilson stars in another so-so entry in his short-lived B-western series. The Buck Jones lookalike comes to town to help his friend Jim Bannon who has been the victim of recent rustling activity.

Wilson was never a huge cowboy star, this film being one example of why that was the case. He was at best an average cowboy star, being overshadowed in this one by his co-stars --which include Jim Bannon, Fuzzy Knight and TV's Lois Lane, Phyllis Coates.

I personally prefer the low budget series that featured Lash Larue and Fuzzy St. John. This one was slow and predictable --- recommended for Whip Wilson fans only.

Not much action!

[JohnHowardReid · 4/10 · 23 March 2018]

Whip Wilson, Jim Bannon (themselves), Fuzzy Knight (Texas), Phyllis Coates (Alice), Barbara Woodell (Ruth), I. Stanford Jolley (Wellman), Marshall Reed, Riley Hill, Bill Kennedy.

Director: LEWIS D. COLLINS. Screenplay: Jay Gilgore. Photography: Ernest Miller. Film editor: Richard Heermance. Art director: David Milton. Set decorator: Raymond Boltz Jr. Music director: Ossie Caswell. Dialogue director: Stanley Price. Set continuity: Mary Chaffee. Assistant director: Melville Shyer. Sound recording: John Keen. Producer: Vincent M. Fennelly.

Copyright 8 April 1951 by Monogram Pictures Corp. No New York opening. U.S. release: 8 April 1951. No U.K. or Australian theatrical release. 54 minutes.

SYNOPSIS: Rustlers try to sell stolen horses to the U.S.A. government.

VIEWERS' GUIDE: Okay for all.

COMMENT: Far from lively "C"-grade western, passably photographed (Ernest Miller), but of no distinction directorially (Lewis D. Collins).

There is not much action, and what there is is poorly staged.