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Just after Carson's gang murder members of a wagon train, Rusty and Clem come along and are arrested. Knowing they are innocent Judge Coleman breaks them out and sends them after Carson. They join Carson's gang to learn of their next raid but the Marshal arrests them for the wagon train murders.

Universal Pictures production number P836.

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    • Author: Ironrunner
    Even this early in his career, Joe Lewis is trying to inject quality touches into his work on this formula singing cowboy western. Shots are continually foregrounded by tethered horses, prison bars, a spit roasted carcass or the wagon wheel, which keeps on appearing in the director's westerns.

    With his lip rouge and spotless white hat, hero Baker is a restraint on any ambition but the rest of the film is pushed towards realistic handling. There's some well staged action, which may be second hand, and Willy Fung's stereotypical Chinese cook gets to be integrated into the plot surprisingly prominently. There's even a hint of the murderous family relations we'll see in the fifties westerns.

    Enthusiasts will find this one better than most.
  • Complete credited cast:
    Bob Baker Bob Baker - Rusty Reynolds
    Constance Moore Constance Moore - Mary Jo Benton
    Fuzzy Knight Fuzzy Knight - Clem Barrett
    Dickie Jones Dickie Jones - Jimmie Benton
    Willie Fung Willie Fung - Ling Wong
    Oscar O'Shea Oscar O'Shea - Judge Coleman
    Frank Campeau Frank Campeau - Surviving Wagon Driver
    Glenn Strange Glenn Strange - Deputy Joe O'Connell
    Ed Cassidy Ed Cassidy - Valley Falls Sheriff Haight
    Jack Montgomery Jack Montgomery - U. S. Marshal MacKay
    Dick Dorrell Dick Dorrell - Jack Carson aka Jack Coleman
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