Raiders of Red Gap (1943) User Reviews

Raiders of Red Gap

[coltras35 · 4/10 · 24 February 2024]

When a gang attacks his ranch and kills one of his ranch hands, Jim Roberts gets together with his neighbors to fight the Bennett Cattle Co., whom they are sure is behind the attacks in a scheme to drive them off their land so they can get it for themselves, then build packing plants so they don't have to spend the money to ship cattle back east.

Raiders of red gap stars Bob Livingstone and Al St. John and I found it lacking in action and found it meandering with the humour getting tiring. It's rather light, is a little amusing but it didn't really grab me. Livingstone spent most of the time berating his sidekick.

Excellent cast not used well in mediocre plot that is still mostly fun

[morrisonhimself · 8/10 · 19 February 2017]

Bob Livingston was a very good actor but in this entry in the "Lone Rider" series, he rather walked through it.

Al St. John, on the other hand, always gave his all, and generally came across that way in "Raiders of Red Gap."

Yes, there were moments he somewhat overdid, but he had one of his best roles in this series.

The leading lady, Myrna Dell, also had a good role. She got to be more than a pretty face, and in her last scene she showed she should have had many more and bigger roles.

Charles King is my favorite villain, and for a change, he is the brains heavy, not just the brawn.

As sheriff, George Cheesebro got to play an unusual role, a good guy, and what an actor! He was incredibly likable here, too.

It's a pretty light-weight B Western, but I like it and hope you will too. And you can catch it as I did, at YouTube.