Canyon Ambush is a very low budget western with an hokey plot and some even hokier acting.
Johnny Mack Brown is uninspiring and doesn't convince me as a cowboy. The dialogue and general acting is stilted and much of the movie comes across as amateur especially the seemingly endless scenes in the sheriffs office.
The plot is as paper thin and pretty ridiculous and the characters wooden and unbelievable apart perhaps from the sheriff Lee Roberts. Some of the scenes are just laughable and it's pretty clear this must have been shot in a hurry. Thankfully by the time it reaches it's desperately predictable conclusion not much time has elapsed, which is indeed a blessing.
Even for a B Western this is poor stuff. One for western film buffs only and even then it is unlikely to leave a lasting impression other than bemusement.
Johnny Mack Brown is uninspiring and doesn't convince me as a cowboy. The dialogue and general acting is stilted and much of the movie comes across as amateur especially the seemingly endless scenes in the sheriffs office.
The plot is as paper thin and pretty ridiculous and the characters wooden and unbelievable apart perhaps from the sheriff Lee Roberts. Some of the scenes are just laughable and it's pretty clear this must have been shot in a hurry. Thankfully by the time it reaches it's desperately predictable conclusion not much time has elapsed, which is indeed a blessing.
Even for a B Western this is poor stuff. One for western film buffs only and even then it is unlikely to leave a lasting impression other than bemusement.