Monday, August 19, 2013

Shadows of Death (1945)/Devil Riders (1943)/Frontier Outlaws (1944)/Gangster's Den (1945)

http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/1/adg/cov250/dru600/u669/u66934bvxnj.jpg?partner=allrovi.com  Billy Carson (Buster Crabbe) is in the town of Red Rock to track down a murderer.  He's pretty sure it's local sleazebag Landreau (Charles King) but gets sidelined before he can prove it by hothead Clay Kincaid (Eddie Hall).  Kincaid thinks Billy is after his girl (Dona Dax) and is kind of a moron.  Fuzzy (Al St. John) has his hands full as the town's Sheriff, Judge, Barber, and Farrier.  
  Professional bad guy Del Stone (Charles King) and his sleazy lawyer (John Merton) try and pit Billy (Buster Crabbe), a Pony Express rider, against the father-daughter team of stagecoach owners in order to drive them both out of business.  

Charles King reminds me of the bad guy from the Western show the puppies were watching in 101 Dalmatians.  
  Ok, straight up, I have no idea what this was about.  I had it on mute while I made a phone call so I missed the first 10 minutes or so.  Something about Billy (Buster Crabbe) having to stand trial for murder and the Judge (Emmett Lynn) doesn't want to marry some woman named Ma (Marin Sais).  I don't know. 
  Billy (Buster Crabbe) and Fuzzy (Al St. John) are gold prospectors.  A crooked lawyer (Stan Jolley) is trying to force a young couple off their ranch and also buy the local saloon.  Fuzzy beats him to the property and Billy keeps his men from framing the ranch owner.  Charles King is back but, in a shocking twist, plays the boozehound bodyguard instead of the bad guy.

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