As far as 'B' Western programmers go, this one is as standard as they come. Evil land baron Big Jim Kirby (George Chesebro) knows the railroad is coming through, so he intends on having all the local rancher mortgages called in to buy them out. There's also the water rights issue thrown into the bargain, so the story is kind of a twofer. Rancher Tom Grant (Buster Slaven) sends for the Cheyenne Kid, who arrives on the scene to team up with Fuzzy Q. Jones (Fuzzy St. John) to smoke out the bad guys.
Fuzzy's got a fair amount of screen time in this one, and he has a couple of gimmicks going. He gets his head stuck in things when he gets into a fight, (a box, a chair), and about mid-way through, falls off his horse, knocking his head and developing amnesia. The latter happens right after he's picked up a thirty three thousand dollar bundle the ranchers put together to get their deeds up to date. You would think the conk on the noggin would make him even more addle brained, but the effect seems to be just the opposite. It calms him down and he winds up almost sensible.
Not to worry. One of the baddies cold cocks Fuzzy, and he winds up back where he started, even remembering that he actually had the smarts to replace the original money stash with bits of paper and pebbles. That was in case he got rolled on the way into town. Which he did. All so predictable, but I did have to wonder why none of the ranchers ever got seriously concerned about the missing money.
That's because the Cheyenne Kid was on the case. Black clad gunman Lash Larue used a gimmick of his own, a bull whip with a bull's eye that he often used to good advantage. Larue's character in these oaters for PRC and Eagle Lion usually went by Marshal Cheyenne Davis, often going under cover as The Cheyenne Kid. In this one, I don't believe I heard any reference to his being a marshal.
Fuzzy's got a fair amount of screen time in this one, and he has a couple of gimmicks going. He gets his head stuck in things when he gets into a fight, (a box, a chair), and about mid-way through, falls off his horse, knocking his head and developing amnesia. The latter happens right after he's picked up a thirty three thousand dollar bundle the ranchers put together to get their deeds up to date. You would think the conk on the noggin would make him even more addle brained, but the effect seems to be just the opposite. It calms him down and he winds up almost sensible.
Not to worry. One of the baddies cold cocks Fuzzy, and he winds up back where he started, even remembering that he actually had the smarts to replace the original money stash with bits of paper and pebbles. That was in case he got rolled on the way into town. Which he did. All so predictable, but I did have to wonder why none of the ranchers ever got seriously concerned about the missing money.
That's because the Cheyenne Kid was on the case. Black clad gunman Lash Larue used a gimmick of his own, a bull whip with a bull's eye that he often used to good advantage. Larue's character in these oaters for PRC and Eagle Lion usually went by Marshal Cheyenne Davis, often going under cover as The Cheyenne Kid. In this one, I don't believe I heard any reference to his being a marshal.
