Charles Starrett (Steve Rollins/The Durango Kid), Smiley Burnette (himself), Steve Darrell (Black Murphy), George Chesebro (Sheriff Jeff Clinton), Anita Castle (Penelope Clinton), Hal Taliaferro (aka Wally Wales) (Sandy Clinton), Bob (aka Robert) Wilke (Brock), Emmett Lynn (Jack Bascom), Lynn Farr (Dickson), Lloyd Ingraham (old townsman), Blackie Whiteford (townsman), Cactus Mack (man at party), Freddie Daniel, Eddie Wallace, J.D. Sumner, M.F. "Ace" Richman (The Sunshine Boys), Jock Mahoney (stunt double for Charles Starrett).
Director: RAY NAZARRO. Original story and screenplay: Barry Shipman. Photography: Ira H. Morgan. Film editor: Jerome Thoms. Art director: Charles Clague. Set decorator: George Montgomery. Hair styles: Helen Hunt. Grip: Ray Rich. Camera operator: James Goss. Stills: Glenn Adams. Continuity girl: Frances McDowell. Songs: "Little Indian", "What I Didn't Get Done Today" (Burnette and Sunshine Boys), music and lyrics by Smiley Burnette. Assistant director: Gilbert Kay. Sound recording: Josh Westmoreland. Producer: Colbert Clark.
Copyright 25 March 1948 by Columbia Pictures Corp. No New York opening. U.S. release: 25 March 1948. No U.K. or Australian theatrical release. 55 minutes.
SYNOPSIS: A musical western in which the Durango Kid brings to a happy conclusion the feud between the grandfathers of an eight-year- old orphan girl! — Copyright entry.
NOTES: Charles Starrett's 97th starring western.
COMMENT: Although this entry in the Durango Kid series seems obviously aimed primarily at the kiddie market, there is enough action to satisfy the more adult fan.
Actually, the child is important as a plot pawn, the amount of footage she appears in, being relatively small.
The film starts off with a fast montage of action footage, and in fact there develops some good action throughout the whole movie.
This action material comes to a mighty effective climax in three segments, the second of which turns into a thrilling chase with some excellent stunt work. Although the chase is filmed primarily from fixed camera positions, furious panning and the choice of good angles helps to disguise this fact and the excitement is topped off by a well- timed running insert.
I'll admit the scenery is mostly composed of familiar near-Hollywood locations, but it looks reasonably impressive in photographer Ira H. Morgan's capable hands.
The cast appears competent and an accordion-playing villain is a novel touch.
Smiley Burnette does not have much to do, both his comic routines and songs drone on, undistinguished. And I'll admit that his accompanying singers, the Sunshine Boys, are pretty wet.
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