This movie displays Drew Barrymore daddy's talent.He was working to be a star of Hollywood motion pictures.Now I don't know who was his mother.Dolores Costello ? The novel writer he was married too.The actress who took advantage of his name and used him? His career as a big star never developed.I don't know why.He plays young man who ran way from his father who had abused him.He took his 7 dollars that the had earned that his abusive father kept holding back.This come from the same company that did the Technicolor ,Trip to the moon, Eagle Lion.They did no use the very cheap Cinecolor that most smaller companies would use just to save pennies,but , expensive bulky Technicolor.Well Cooncat finds himself in some one ranch eating food.He is caught by the ranch Hands.He tries to tell them what happened.But when he tells the story and then he tries to show them the evidence .Strange that it's all the opposite.No one will believe him.Basil Ruysdale plays Davis ,now and older physically handicapped Ranch owner. Lois Butler plays his Older daughter Meagan and Kristine Miller plays Abbey,the youngest.John Archer portrays the next door neighbor rancher Pat.Meagan and Pat are engaged.Pat live in a ranch which was originally owned by the the Davis enemies.In which they had feud ,which resulted in The Davis winning but all their cattle getting killed.Character actor Jack Elam plays Smiling man and Davis Kashner plays Roper.Two of the men that took advantage of Cooncat.Frank Cordell ,i think portrays Frank the alleged store clerk,who tricks Coon into saving his money for him.Stealing it.Frank starts to denies that he has any money of his.Coon tries to get it from him but some one hits him and when he wakes you fines the store clerk dead.So he takes off Rancher Davis decide to keep him for a while to see if his story is true cause they think he mentally ill.Cause the building is abandon.Eventually Abbey believes him when she witness both crooks ,In which the rancher cook ,played by Chill Wills, claim that he saw the same crooks died during the feud.Well during the engagement party .Cooncat and Abey try to look for the crooks ,cause he sees them again.All of a sudden Pats parent are mysteriously murder and Coon is binge blamed and being accuse of being a member of that family.Well Abbey and Coon find the part of the old place where it was sealed off for some evidence.Things are straightened out and everyone believes him.Coon has a girl friend now.this was a very unusual western. 03/5/13
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