I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Great Film overall

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Not copyrighted 1935 by Beacon Productions, inc. No New York opening. U.S. release through First Division. Release dates and original running time unknown. About 55 minutes.SYNOPSIS: A crippled rancher sends for his ne'er-do-well son when he finds himself hemmed in by "enemies", including a sinister Chinese cook who poisons his dog, "Rusty". COMMENT: A substantial improvement over "Cowboy Holiday", this entry has a superior script. In fact, it's not actually a western at all, despite obligatory buck-jumping (via obvious stock shots) and a saloon fight (interspersed with myriads of odd close-ups) sequences.This movie is actually a suspenseful mystery thriller, using (by M. & A. Alexander standards) some extraordinarily large indoor sets, plus some fast chase action and stunt-work in real but most effective locations. The identity of the killer came as a real surprise to me. Acting level is high. Williams is reasonably personable, the heroine is most attractive, whilst Lafe McKee and Bud Osborne turn in their usual ultra-reliable portrayals of neighboring rancher and hero's sidekick, respectively. The director makes the most of Harry Forbes' moody photography with lots of menacing shots of the cloaked killer in the rain.

Big Boy Williams goes home to find his dad murdered and tries to uncover who killed him. A low budget western mainly set indoors. The plot is ropey and contrived with cartoon villains at every turn. Big Boy Williams character doesn't come across as the smartest tool in the box. His acting, in this anyway, is average at best, though he does at least live up to his nickname. There isn't much action or acting on show here though I'm pretty sure the film must hold the world record for the number of scenes of doors being opened and walked through. The one good thing about the film is the reveal of the killer who I didn't guess.Even for a minor western this isn't very good. Even at the time I'm sure the lack of action would have meant this wasn't high on anyone's favourite film list.

Guinn "Big Boy" Williams returns home to his estranged father's ranch to find the old man murdered by any one of several potential villains. It seems he was killed over a substantial amount of cash he'd hidden somewhere in the house, but didn't get around to disclosing the whereabouts of.It's interesting to see character actor and sometimes sidekick Williams in a starring role. However, despite a few good action scenes, the picture's way too slow, with not enough of the good stuff in the first half. Still, it's hard to entirely dislike an old movie with secret passages and a masked killer creeping around, waiting to get people.Big Boy is likable enough and an adequate hero. He should have picked a better starring vehicle though.

This movie is a classic "MST3K" movie. Nonsensical cuts and segues make following this movie nearly impossible. This movie contains, bar none, the worst bar fight in the history of movies (ironically, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams was in the classic western "Dodge City", which contains one of the best barroom brawls in movie history), with disappearing people, props, and cuts in action that follow no form of chronological continuum. That said, I can only say that I wish I had this classic clunker on tape.