A rancher is murdered after discovering that 40 head of his cattle have been rustled. A neighboring family is accused of the crime and flees across the border, then tries to find the real killers to clear their name.
Is this worth your afternoon? If you love those old-school black and white westerns where the horses are better actors than the humans, you’ll probably get a kick out of this. If you need logic, pacing, or someone to whisper what’s happening, stay away. It’s a 1935 quickie that feels like it was filmed in a weekend, wh...
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"Is this worth your afternoon? If you love those old-school black and white westerns where the horses are better actors than the humans, you’ll probably get a kick out of this. If you need logic, pacing, or someone to whisper what’s happening, stay away. It’s a 1935 quickie that feels like it was filmed in a weekend, which is exactly why it has a weird, twitchy charm. The plot is basically: someone dies, someone gets blamed, and then a whole lot of riding happens. Nobody sits still for more than..."
R. Craig Christensen, Forbes Parkhill
United States
