Agrega una trama en tu idiomaBob Marlow is sent undercover to an Arizona town where an outlaw gang, comprised of the six Tolliver brothers, have taken over the town and terrorizing the citizens. He comes to town, posing... Leer todoBob Marlow is sent undercover to an Arizona town where an outlaw gang, comprised of the six Tolliver brothers, have taken over the town and terrorizing the citizens. He comes to town, posing as an Eastern dude, and, through a series of incidents manages to get rid of three of the... Leer todoBob Marlow is sent undercover to an Arizona town where an outlaw gang, comprised of the six Tolliver brothers, have taken over the town and terrorizing the citizens. He comes to town, posing as an Eastern dude, and, through a series of incidents manages to get rid of three of the brothers, mostly through their own ineptness. The remaining brothers decide to get-while-... Leer todo
- Nate Tolliver
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- Doc Tolliver
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- Cowhand
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- Cowhand
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- Jake Tolliver
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- Ed - Bartender
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- Tolliver Brother
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- Red Tolliver
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Opiniones destacadas
It's not long before a meek stranger ,Bob Marlow (Bob Steele), comes to town looking for a place to stay. But do not judge Mr Marlow by his wimpy appearance. The viewer will learn that much more about the stranger and the real reason he comes to the lonely town.
In this typical western matinee movie, there is a lot of horse riding and endless pistol shooting. And at times, they are happening at the very same time. The added humor, mostly played by Buffalo Brady, gave the movie a well-rounded script. There is not many lulls in the program as the screen is full of action or some nice hi-jinks by the players. Some of the effects were rather lame as when the main villain is knocked down a steep hill. It was obviously an inserted dummy but instead of cutting away to another character and then returning to see the villain - they opted to splice the film at the point the dummy stops falling and insert the real character. There is a noticeable splice in the film that makes the user remember they are watching 'skid row' production.
But overall it served it purpose, an entertaining western that was enjoyable to watch.
The town is the grip of a gang of six brothers named Tolliver who roam in at will and conduct all kinds of robbery and mayhem. No one wants to do anything, in fact just like in Bottleneck in Destry Rides Again they get the town drunk Si Jenks to be sheriff.
Young Bob Steele arrives in town from the east, he's a tenderfoot and no one takes him seriously. He 'accidentally' kills some of the Tolliver brothers and they make him Jenks's deputy. In reality he's one of 'the deadliest starpackers in the territory".
Borrowing a bit from Destry Rides Again, The Rider Of The Law is one of Bob Steele's best B westerns. It's got lots of action and it's laced with humor, courtesy of Si Jenks.
This is a good one, despite the limited production values.
I was very pleased with the confusion and physical comedy of this B western. Director Robert Bradbury, working from a script by Jack Natteford, shows that his stock company can do pretty well; even Earl Dwire, as the brother of the bank robbers and a barber with his razor over Steele's throat, is a lot funnier than one would guess he could be. Contrary to what people might think, he was not a Gower Gulch cowboy, but a longtime stage actor who had started out in a stock company with Oliver Morosco.
The comedy disappears in the second half of the movie as the plot takes over. That's often the case with many a comedy, but it's a good story, with a fine action sequence to end the film, just as one wants in a western.
The film packs a lot of ridin' and shootin' into less thlan an hour. Steele ie scrappy as always, Si Jenks provides comedy relief as a braggart who takes on the job of town marshal thinking it's an easy way to make money, Gertrude Messenger is pretty but doesn't have much to do, and everything gets tied up neatly at the end. It's about par for Steele's westerns for Supreme Pictures. Competently directed by his father Robert Bradbury, it's nothing special but a harmless enough way to pass an hour.
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- TriviaThis film's earliest documented telecasts took place in Cincinnati 11/5/49 on WLW-T (Channel 4), and in New York City 12/11/49 on the DuMont Television Network's WABD (Channel 5).
- ConexionesRemade as Marshal of Heldorado (1950)
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Detalles
- Tiempo de ejecución
- 59min
- Color
- Mezcla de sonido
- Relación de aspecto
- 1.37 : 1