A fake death, a fake Western, and 56 minutes of glorious B-movie chaos.
Blacksmith Pinto Peters calls on his old friend, Sam "Hurricane" Benton, to help him clear his son, Jimmy, of a murder charge. Hot-headed Jimmy, believes that the best way to cure a man of cheating at cards is to shoot him. He didn't shoot him enough, as the gambler only feigns death as part of a plot to gain possession of land owned by Pinto, as they know there is gold on the land buried there by an outlaw gang years ago.
Practical Effects
The 'dead' gambler's extremely committed nap acting
Writing
Dialogue that somehow invents new ways to say nothing
Production
Gold fever plot held together by sheer 1946 ambition
Director
Lambert Hillyer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Johnny Mack Brown starred in over 160 Westerns, making him the hardest-working man in cheap chaps.
This was Lambert Hillyer's 100+ film as director—he'd later helm Batman serials, explaining the dramatic commitment to thin premises.
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