Masked Raiders

Texas Rangers Tim Holt (Tim Holt) and Chito Rafferty (Richard Martin are sent to Wilcox, Texas to investigate the raids on Hoyt Corthell (Frank Wilcox) by a band of masked raiders led by the Diablo Kid. Posing as cowhands, they are stopped and taken to the Trevitt Ranch where they meet Gale Trevitt (Marjorie Lord), her younger brother Artie (Gary Gray) and her Uncle Henry (Houseley Stevenson), father of Trig (Tom Tyler, Matt (Clayton Moore) and Luke (Jay Kirby) , who have taken Tim and Chito captive. Tim is wounded, during a holdup, by Doc Nichols (Charles Arnt) as he is about to capture one of the raiders, actually the Trevitt family led by Gale posing as the Diablo Kid. Tim and Chito eventually learn that all of the local ranchers are being victimized by Corthell, and that Gale and her family are just taking back and returning what has been stolen by the Corthell gang, working with the crooked town Marshal, Barlow (Harry Woods).

A neat little Tim holt western with some fine twist on the masked raiders story. I thought it would be a mystery western with the masked raiders being a villain and his identity would be revealed at the end. But the masked raider is a Robin Hood figure - and the bad guys are the banker and the marshal who have hoodwinked ranchers into losing their ranches. It's an above average entry with enough action and a shift in the plot to keep you glued on the screen.

Tim Holt and his Irish-Mexican sidekick are in top-notch form in this superior western from the late 1940's. Tim & Chito find themselves involved in a confrontation with masked raiders terrorizing the honest citizenry. With cool determination they soon learn that things are not what they seem to be .......

This film boasts a good script and plenty of action The casting is great, with a plum role for future Lone Ranger Clayton Moore. Richard Martin, as Chito, was one of the all-time best sidekicks ! Tim Holt was easily the best actor to star in B-westerns.

I highly recommend this one. Good acting and a good storyline, this one is a must see.

Bank robberies by the Diablo Kid's gang, shady townspeople, appealing ranch lady and her sweet little brother, horseback chases and shootouts - all done in a nice production with good music and nice sound effects including chirping birds in outdoor scenes. Nicely done escapism; I think I'll watch the next one in this Tim Holt series coming up next in a TCM double-feature.

In this film Texas Rangers Tim Holt and Richard Martin are sent to the corrupt town of Wilcox, Texas to stop a mysterious bandit known as The Diablo Kid and the Masked Raiders who aid and abet her in her crime spree.

Said crime spree seems to be directed at banker Frank Wilcox and sheriff Harry Woods. Just the casting of Harry Woods as the sheriff and you already know this sheriff is going to be corrupt. Woods runs the town with a heavy hand and has a no gun ordinance in town. Which seems kind of stupid when the Masked Raiders come into town shooting and rob the bank once again and no one can stop them. Of course there's a compensatory factor that Woods is a bully and likes using the law to push people around.

Tim and Chito in the end get to the bottom of it all and get quite the surprise when the identity of The Diablo Kid is revealed. There's enough action in Masked Raiders to satisfy any B western fan, delivered by Tim Holt, the best of the B west.

Two Texas Rangers are sent north to track down rampaging bank robber, the Diablo Kid and his gang. Nobody has ever seen his face. The Rangers are taken by the Trevitt family who are on the lookout for the bandits. Gale Trevett is the head of the family.

This is a generally fine standard western. I do like the Diablo Kid reveal. Neither Ranger has enough charisma to be big time movie stars. To be fair, Richard Martin seems to be the type for a sidekick. Marjorie Lord has the sass and the beauty to be a star. Quite frankly, she and the Diablo reveal are the only two above average aspects. Everything else is pretty much average.