From Poverty Row film giant Monogram Pictures (slogan: low budget is better than no budget, I guess) come this 1937 western starring Tom Keene (Dick Tracy's Dilemma [1947], Seven Keys to Baldpate [1947], Plan Nine from Outer Space [1957]) as Tom Allen, a young man who comes to Rawhide hoping to open a law office, but finds himself as the sheriff instead. Now he has to go after Mississippi Blackie Wilson's outlaw gang, while hoping that his brother Billy turns out not to be a member.
Also starring Warner Richmond (Lady Audley's Secret [1915], The Heart of Maryland [1921 and 1927 versions], Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars [1938]), eye candy Eleanor Stewart (The Fighting Devil Dogs [1938], Waterloo Bridge [1940], Men of San Quentin [1942], and Stuntman's Hall of Fame actor David Sharpe (with 173 IMDb acting credits, mainly stunt and uncredited roles; also, King of the Rocketmen [1949], The Wild Blue Yonder [1951], Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine [1965].
Directed by Robert N. Bradbury {with 134 IMDb credits, almost all of them westerns, from The Wooing of Riley [1918] to Forbidden Trails [1941]. Script by Robert Emmett Tansley, (1897-1951) a western screenwriter who used at least fifteen pseudonyms; he must have shown good taste because his wife was named Kitty.
For some reason this flick was never considered Oscar material. Enjoy it, anyway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntbIZcRaN2w
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