Wrongly jailed, larry (obrien) is out on parole, and must clear his name. And of course, his old girlfriend (Sutton) is engaged to a bigshot. Seems to be a remake of the 1932 version, also written by oliver drake. Although the 1938 rko one claims to be based on a story by wc tuttle. Liberal use of backdrops. Imdb says filmed in corriganville (outer los angeles) but when they are on the train, we see joshua trees in the background, which only grow in the higher mojave desert. Early credited appearance of chill wills, who would appear in just about every western made, from here on. One of the eleven films kay sutton made in 1938! Of course, some of those were small, uncredited roles. About twelve minutes in, we meet Fresno the cook (lew kelly); imdb shows 229 roles, almost all of them uncredited or short films. And he doesn't even have a profile photo, as of today. The story is okay. Kind of plods along. The acting is pretty stilted, and all the clothes are spotless and creased, like the actors. The usual brawls and fistfights. Directed by david howard. Died young at 45. His first eight films have spanish titles, but according to imdb, he was born in philly. Interesting. It's all just very okay.
Review of Lawless Valley
