Rory Calhoun (Utah Blaine), Susan Cummings (Angie Kinyon), Angela Stevens (Mary Blake), Max Baer (Gus Ortmann), Paul Langton (Rip Coker), George Keymas (Rink Witter), Ray Teal (Russ Nevers), Gene Roth (Tom Corey), Norman Fredric (Davis), Ken Christy (Joe Neal), Steve Darrell (Lud Fuller), Terry Frost (Gavin), Dennis Moore (Ferguson), Jack Ingram (Clel Miller).
Director: FRED F. SEARS. Screenplay: Robert E. Kent, James B. Gordon. Based on the novel by Louis L'Amour. Photography: Benjamin H. Kline. Film editor: Charles Nelson. Art director: Paul Palmentola. Set decorator: Sidney Clifford. Music composed and conducted by Ross Di Maggio. Assistant director: Willard Sheldon. Sound recording: Josh Westmoreland. Producer: Sam Katzman.
Copyright 1957 by Columbia Pictures Corp. No New York showcase. U.S. release: 1 February 1957. U.K. release: 15 April 1957. Australian release: 21 June 1957. 75 minutes. Slightly cut in the U.K. in order to qualify for a Universal Exhibition certificate.
SYNOPSIS: Utah Blaine comes to the rescue of a rancher who is menaced by a gang of land-grabbers. The rancher is so grateful to Utah, he makes him ranch foreman. Soon after, the rancher is killed by the bandits. So who does he leave his ranch to? You guessed it!
COMMENT: The direction by Fred F. Sears is efficiently but somewhat disappointingly routine; but nonetheless this is an agreeable minor western, comparatively well acted, with a fairly attractive heroine, effective use of natural locations, a little too much dialogue (but this could be trimmed), a routine but serviceable plot.
So far as western fans are concerned, the film's greatest asset is that it has plenty, but plenty of action.
The plot is the most familiar in the B-western repertoire and the characters are nothing more than a parade of familiar stereotypes, but the players bring them interestingly enough to life and the film's budget is a considerable cut above the usual Sam "Lights Out" Katzman level.
OTHER VIEWS: A brisk western with lively direction. A simple narrative gives wide scope for rough riding and fist and gun battles. The playing is adequate for the slight demands of the plot. — Monthly Film Bulletin.
Director: FRED F. SEARS. Screenplay: Robert E. Kent, James B. Gordon. Based on the novel by Louis L'Amour. Photography: Benjamin H. Kline. Film editor: Charles Nelson. Art director: Paul Palmentola. Set decorator: Sidney Clifford. Music composed and conducted by Ross Di Maggio. Assistant director: Willard Sheldon. Sound recording: Josh Westmoreland. Producer: Sam Katzman.
Copyright 1957 by Columbia Pictures Corp. No New York showcase. U.S. release: 1 February 1957. U.K. release: 15 April 1957. Australian release: 21 June 1957. 75 minutes. Slightly cut in the U.K. in order to qualify for a Universal Exhibition certificate.
SYNOPSIS: Utah Blaine comes to the rescue of a rancher who is menaced by a gang of land-grabbers. The rancher is so grateful to Utah, he makes him ranch foreman. Soon after, the rancher is killed by the bandits. So who does he leave his ranch to? You guessed it!
COMMENT: The direction by Fred F. Sears is efficiently but somewhat disappointingly routine; but nonetheless this is an agreeable minor western, comparatively well acted, with a fairly attractive heroine, effective use of natural locations, a little too much dialogue (but this could be trimmed), a routine but serviceable plot.
So far as western fans are concerned, the film's greatest asset is that it has plenty, but plenty of action.
The plot is the most familiar in the B-western repertoire and the characters are nothing more than a parade of familiar stereotypes, but the players bring them interestingly enough to life and the film's budget is a considerable cut above the usual Sam "Lights Out" Katzman level.
OTHER VIEWS: A brisk western with lively direction. A simple narrative gives wide scope for rough riding and fist and gun battles. The playing is adequate for the slight demands of the plot. — Monthly Film Bulletin.