I'd say Kermit Maynard got himself a pretty easy payday with his effort here, showing up once near the beginning of the film only to get shot, then again at the end to help star Eddie Dean and sidekick Soapy Jones (Roscoe Ates) make the save on the Ryan Ranch before bad guy Barton (Bob Duncan) could take over. At one point it was mentioned that months had gone by before Bill Ryan (Maynard) showed up after being presumed dead. I'd have to wonder - what was he doing that whole time?
Well, trying to analyze stuff like this with these 'B' oaters from the Forties is a thankless task. Not a whole lot of thought was put into these stories, and what the heck, what do you expect in a flick that comes in under an hour? The most original element here were the names of the bad guy henchmen - Deadeye, Blackie, Gringo and Apache. On second thought, forget about originality.
Some consider Eddie Dean's voice among the finest of the singing cowboys. It's on display here with the opening title song, and he also turns in a nice rendition of 'Poor Lonesome Cowboy' a little later on. Pretty Shirley Patterson provides the eye appeal as the distressed daughter of rancher Ryan, but the romance angle isn't taken very far, as Eddie and Soapy have more trails to blaze when this one is over.
Well, trying to analyze stuff like this with these 'B' oaters from the Forties is a thankless task. Not a whole lot of thought was put into these stories, and what the heck, what do you expect in a flick that comes in under an hour? The most original element here were the names of the bad guy henchmen - Deadeye, Blackie, Gringo and Apache. On second thought, forget about originality.
Some consider Eddie Dean's voice among the finest of the singing cowboys. It's on display here with the opening title song, and he also turns in a nice rendition of 'Poor Lonesome Cowboy' a little later on. Pretty Shirley Patterson provides the eye appeal as the distressed daughter of rancher Ryan, but the romance angle isn't taken very far, as Eddie and Soapy have more trails to blaze when this one is over.