Late Johnny Mack Brown western in which Johnny is called in to investigate attacks on army gold shipments- it seems an army insider is tipping off the gang on the shipment routes. Johnny works out that the attacks are being carried out around an old ghost town Dawson City and heads there to investigate. Meanwhile Lois and her aunt have travelled from the East after she has inherited the ghost town hotel. Johnny books into the hotel and meets Jim Kirby (played by Jimmy Ellison) who has been kicked out of the army after his gold shipment was robbed. Little do they all know that the gang's hideout is actually in secret caves below the hotel which is accessed by a secret passage behind a clock in the hotel reception area! Marshall Reed is a familiar face as lead henchmen of the gang. This is one of the better late B Monogram Westerns and a great way to spend an hour wallowing in the old west of Johnny and his friends- enjoy!
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Where is the gold snitch ????
revdrcac27 October 2006
This 1952 Western from the great Johnny Mack Brown involves stolen Army gold shipments. An apparent army insider is tipping off the thieves of the shipping routes/times & Brown is sent to get to the bottom of the larcenous shenanigans.
A familiar cast of Western character actors appear here, making this rather standard film more fun than I had expected. James Ellison makes a fine sidekick to Johnny Mack Brown, helping out especially well in the action scenes.
While I prefer Brown's earlier films, this one was worth seeing and about what I had expected. Check it out !
A familiar cast of Western character actors appear here, making this rather standard film more fun than I had expected. James Ellison makes a fine sidekick to Johnny Mack Brown, helping out especially well in the action scenes.
While I prefer Brown's earlier films, this one was worth seeing and about what I had expected. Check it out !
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