The Gone Bad and Always Good Brothers are the Cliché that Propels this B-Western featuring an Aging, but Still in Shape, Buster Crabbe and the always Slimy Neville Brand who made a Career of Playing Really Bad Guys and Psychopaths.
In this one Brand is Up for the Challenging Role with more than One Dimension. His Scenes with Crabbe as Duling Opposites are Profound and Captivating. Michael Sansara as one of the Gang Members is the Really Bad Guy in this Above Average Low-Budget Western that also Includes a Couple of Strong Female Characters.
Ann Robinson as a Saloon Singer and Lita Milan as a Squaw used by the Outlaws as a Bartered for Flesh Slave add a Complexity not usually associated with these Throwaway Second Features . There are some Gun-Battles for the Action Oriented that are Well Staged and Soul Redeeming in Outcome.
Overall, more Goes On here than in the Standard Type for the Genre in the 50's. It's an Oft Told Tale Told with Heart and Bravado. It's Wrap Up is Wrapped Around that Baby Boomer Mantra so Prevalent for its Time, but has the Extra Ingredient of a Man who had Lost His Way but finds the Way Back to His Sibling, who was always "His Brothers Keeper", in Mind and Spirit.
In this one Brand is Up for the Challenging Role with more than One Dimension. His Scenes with Crabbe as Duling Opposites are Profound and Captivating. Michael Sansara as one of the Gang Members is the Really Bad Guy in this Above Average Low-Budget Western that also Includes a Couple of Strong Female Characters.
Ann Robinson as a Saloon Singer and Lita Milan as a Squaw used by the Outlaws as a Bartered for Flesh Slave add a Complexity not usually associated with these Throwaway Second Features . There are some Gun-Battles for the Action Oriented that are Well Staged and Soul Redeeming in Outcome.
Overall, more Goes On here than in the Standard Type for the Genre in the 50's. It's an Oft Told Tale Told with Heart and Bravado. It's Wrap Up is Wrapped Around that Baby Boomer Mantra so Prevalent for its Time, but has the Extra Ingredient of a Man who had Lost His Way but finds the Way Back to His Sibling, who was always "His Brothers Keeper", in Mind and Spirit.