More musical than action cowboy feature, "The Desert Horseman" just never really came together.
Some of the music was listenable, and the great Tex Williams was in there somewhere, uncredited and not identified.
Smiley Burnette was too much the focus, and his antics were more silly than funny. It's a shame that his talent was hidden by such foolishness.
It's not a bad movie, just too slow, too many musical interruptions, and never exciting or mystifying or thrilling, and not enough action, except for some pretty good riding inserts.
When I watched on YouTube, I was grateful there were none of those rotten commercial breaks, and the print was very good. Watch it, of course. Lots of great cowboy movie actors, including John Merton. But don't expect too much.
Some of the music was listenable, and the great Tex Williams was in there somewhere, uncredited and not identified.
Smiley Burnette was too much the focus, and his antics were more silly than funny. It's a shame that his talent was hidden by such foolishness.
It's not a bad movie, just too slow, too many musical interruptions, and never exciting or mystifying or thrilling, and not enough action, except for some pretty good riding inserts.
When I watched on YouTube, I was grateful there were none of those rotten commercial breaks, and the print was very good. Watch it, of course. Lots of great cowboy movie actors, including John Merton. But don't expect too much.