Skedaddle Gold is a functional piece of furniture. It exists to fill fifty minutes of screen time and then vanish from your memory before the lights in the theater even come up. If you are looking for a reason to watch it today, you will find very few beyond a completionist’s urge to see early Richard Thorpe. It is not...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Richard Thorpe
Maurice Elvey
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"Skedaddle Gold is a functional piece of furniture. It exists to fill fifty minutes of screen time and then vanish from your memory before the lights in the theater even come up. If you are looking for a reason to watch it today, you will find very few beyond a completionist’s urge to see early Richard Thorpe. It is not a lost treasure; it is a standard-issue product from the silent era's assembly line. Is Skedaddle Gold worth watching? No, unless you are a dedicated historian of the B-Western. ..."
James Dorrance, Richard Thorpe
United States
