Last of the Warrens

Bob Steele cranked this one out for poverty row Supreme Pictures. It does not even start as a western but on the western front of the Great World War.

Steele has been presumed dead and it's a big surprise when he returns home. But he finds that his ranch has been taken over by perennial western movie heavy Charles King. King is at his Snidely Whiplash best and he has designs on all that Steele and his family possess including Steele's girlfriend Margaret Marquis.

Nothing real special here, a lot of stock footage both western and war film and a plot concerning a family feud. You want to see a film about feuding see The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine or the Romance Of Rosy Ridge.

Believe it or not, 'The Last Of The Warrens' is one of the most entertaining movies I've seen in a long while. After a soldier comes back from the War to his small western town, everyone is shocked to see him.. they all thought he was dead! He's incredibly puzzled by this though, because he wrote almost every chance he got. After tearfully reuniting with his Dad and his long-suffering girlfriend, we find out that it's the POSTMASTER who's got a vendetta against poor Ted Warren! (It's all a long simmering family feud you see). Soon, Bob has to save his girlfriend, avenge his father being injured by the postmaster AND try to stop the bank robbery that just happened in town! Good grief almighty! This is, as you can probably tell, a whole lot of fun. Bob Steele is great as Ted Warren, who just wants to return to a simple life, and Charles King plays a convincing (and nimble!) heavy. This seemed to have put some THOUGHT into it, which is nice for a B-Western such as this, as the story cracks with suspense (I was rubbing my hands at some points wondering what was going to happen), great fight sequences (the two go at it like they were genuinely angry at each other, and not some sissy fights which I keep seeing from other Westerns) and has a relationship I finally care about. WELL DONE!

When Charles King and Blackie Whiteford come gunning for you, you'll soon be pushing up daisies. However, ghost numeral uno Ted Warren (Bob Steele) comes back from WWl left for dead as someone has been Steel-ing his letters. With Grizzly (Horace Murphy) at his side and long-suffering fiancée Margaret Marquis waiting in the wings, Steele has some motivations to rise from the dead. Enter prolific character actor Charles French. I can't forget great acting by Lafe McKee and a wonderful cameo by Horace B. Carpenter. Look for ghost numeral deuce in a dramatic scene toward the end. Writer, director and father Robert N. Bradbury comes in first with Last of the Warrens.