Prince the wonder horse and his gallant rider gallop off to protect hapless ranchers from the ruthless Nazi bad guys who are trying to steal their land so they can exploit the valuable tungsten deposits in this WW II western. Mayhem ensues, but soon the villains are vanquished and America's tungsten deposits are safe once more.
Acting
Wilhelm von Brincken's barely-concealed German accent as 'Tip Wallace.'
Production
The sheer audacity of making tungsten mining exciting.
Director
Robert Emmett Tansey
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wilhelm von Brincken was a genuine WWI German military officer who became Hollywood's go-to 'Nazi type' after fleeing Germany. Art imitating life, or just convenient typecasting?
This was part of Monogram Pictures' 'Range Busters' adjacent output—cheap westerns rushed into theaters to capitalize on wartime patriotism. Tungsten was genuinely vital for armor-piercing shells, so the premise isn't total nonsense. Just mostly.
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