In spite of the typical long pauses between dialogue and a noisy soundtrack when there's no speaking going on, this early talkie B Western is well filmed with some terrific outdoor scenes and a sincere performance by Harry Carey as an outlaw who returns to town after his brother is killed, determined to aide old flame Mae Busch and her long-lost daughter, Mary Jane Irving, raised by her abusive father (Gibson Gowland) who is quite abusive to her.
Honest at heart, Carey wants to make sure that mother and daughter are reunited and get a legal estate that is due to them while trying to clear himself of crimes committed by old enemies who are out to help the law track him down. Pretty good in spite of its creakiness, and this would probably have been a lot better had it been made a year or two later. Carey is particularly memorable as he deals with the evil Gowland and in his scenes with the two ladies.
Honest at heart, Carey wants to make sure that mother and daughter are reunited and get a legal estate that is due to them while trying to clear himself of crimes committed by old enemies who are out to help the law track him down. Pretty good in spite of its creakiness, and this would probably have been a lot better had it been made a year or two later. Carey is particularly memorable as he deals with the evil Gowland and in his scenes with the two ladies.