I digged into my huge collection and found this little grade Z western made by the former Bill Witney's sidekick in the serial business: Fred C Brannon. after him and Witney parted, he proceed alone in the movie industry, and the least me must say is that was not amazing. Good time waster for western buffs, but no more. The particularity of this film is that it doesn't have the usual lead actor and character - a speciality of the studio - such as Roy Rogers or Allan Rocky Lane, the "maison" stars of this period. Hundreds of those small westerns directed by the likes of Witney himself - not only Brannon - and also RG Springsteen, Harry Keller, Thomas Carr, all working at this time for Republic Studios, BEFORE they continue in grade B westerns and thrillers, not after. This story is destined for remoted regions of the USA - Texas, Arkansas, Missouri - families who went to cinema on sunday matinees. You have Roy Barcroft, the foreseeable heavy of nearly every serial or Republic western available. But, I repeat, the leads characters are not known to me; never heard of them. They seemed to be child actors who did not continue their career beyond the sixties The most surprising element here is a woman gang leader, not so usual.
