Big Boy Rides Again

Big Boy Williams goes home to find his dad murdered and tries to uncover who killed him.

A low budget western mainly set indoors. The plot is ropey and contrived with cartoon villains at every turn. Big Boy Williams character doesn't come across as the smartest tool in the box. His acting, in this anyway, is average at best, though he does at least live up to his nickname.

There isn't much action or acting on show here though I'm pretty sure the film must hold the world record for the number of scenes of doors being opened and walked through.

The one good thing about the film is the reveal of the killer who I didn't guess.

Even for a minor western this isn't very good. Even at the time I'm sure the lack of action would have meant this wasn't high on anyone's favourite film list.

Guinn "Big Boy" Williams returns home to his estranged father's ranch to find the old man murdered by any one of several potential villains. It seems he was killed over a substantial amount of cash he'd hidden somewhere in the house, but didn't get around to disclosing the whereabouts of.

It's interesting to see character actor and sometimes sidekick Williams in a starring role. However, despite a few good action scenes, the picture's way too slow, with not enough of the good stuff in the first half. Still, it's hard to entirely dislike an old movie with secret passages and a masked killer creeping around, waiting to get people.

Big Boy is likable enough and an adequate hero. He should have picked a better starring vehicle though.

This movie is a classic "MST3K" movie. Nonsensical cuts and segues make following this movie nearly impossible. This movie contains, bar none, the worst bar fight in the history of movies (ironically, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams was in the classic western "Dodge City", which contains one of the best barroom brawls in movie history), with disappearing people, props, and cuts in action that follow no form of chronological continuum. That said, I can only say that I wish I had this classic clunker on tape.