Only in B Westerns and other genre films of the Thirties and Forties do you have such unlikely coincidences as a man traveling three hundred miles on horseback searching for his brother, and finding him wounded and dying in an abandoned cabin in the woods. What are the odds! Stuff like this happens all the time in flicks like this and I just shake my head.
And speaking of unlikely occurrences, here's another one. How may times have you seen this in old time Westerns? We see Buck Brandon revealing his identity switch to Ellen Randall (Jennifer Holt), as the henchmen of bad guy Blackie Dawson (Harry Woods) just so happen to be in the right place and the right time to overhear the conversation. What incredible timing!
But you know what? It doesn't really matter because I can watch this stuff all day. This oater has two of the more familiar cowboy names of the era - Johnny Mack Brown and Tex Ritter. Brown actually portrays twin brothers in the picture, each on opposite sides of the law when the story opens. One big question mark I had with Brown portraying Buck Brandon, brother of outlaw Gils Brandon engaged to Miss Randall, was how much like a jilted lover he seemed, even when Ellen wasn't around. Why would that be - he just met her!
Well don't watch this with a critical eye, just sit back and enjoy the picture, well interspersed with musical offerings by the Jimmy Wakely trio to liven things up. By the time we get to the finale, the good guys have things sorted out and Buck Brandon even gets the girl! But not until that final showdown resulting in a full scale bar room brawl at the Golden Nugget. I didn't think Blackie's bunch had so many bad guys!
And speaking of unlikely occurrences, here's another one. How may times have you seen this in old time Westerns? We see Buck Brandon revealing his identity switch to Ellen Randall (Jennifer Holt), as the henchmen of bad guy Blackie Dawson (Harry Woods) just so happen to be in the right place and the right time to overhear the conversation. What incredible timing!
But you know what? It doesn't really matter because I can watch this stuff all day. This oater has two of the more familiar cowboy names of the era - Johnny Mack Brown and Tex Ritter. Brown actually portrays twin brothers in the picture, each on opposite sides of the law when the story opens. One big question mark I had with Brown portraying Buck Brandon, brother of outlaw Gils Brandon engaged to Miss Randall, was how much like a jilted lover he seemed, even when Ellen wasn't around. Why would that be - he just met her!
Well don't watch this with a critical eye, just sit back and enjoy the picture, well interspersed with musical offerings by the Jimmy Wakely trio to liven things up. By the time we get to the finale, the good guys have things sorted out and Buck Brandon even gets the girl! But not until that final showdown resulting in a full scale bar room brawl at the Golden Nugget. I didn't think Blackie's bunch had so many bad guys!
