Rancher helps a friend claim a spread he's inherited, only to get involved in his murder.Rancher helps a friend claim a spread he's inherited, only to get involved in his murder.Rancher helps a friend claim a spread he's inherited, only to get involved in his murder.
George Bamby
- Ranch Worker
- (uncredited)
- …
George Bell
- Henchman
- (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone
- Bill
- (uncredited)
Ed Cassidy
- Rancher Contemplating Vigilantism
- (uncredited)
Russ Conway
- John T. Stocker
- (uncredited)
Bud Dooley
- Ranch Worker
- (uncredited)
- …
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen Pickens proudly shows a picture in a locket of his mother to the heroine the photograph is of Pickens himself in glasses and a wig.
- GoofsKeep an eye on the scene when Rex and the sheriff ride into town to inspect the Hurley Mill office. When they get off their horses, the animals are left to move along on their own in the street. However when both men leave the office after finding the letter addressed to Allen, the horses are tied to a hitching post.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (2000)
- SoundtracksUnder Colorado Stars
(uncredited)
Written by Jack Elliott
Performed by Rex Allen, Mary Ellen Kay and The Republic Rhythm Riders
Featured review
An amiable B western.
Rex Allen is the classic movie cowboy: stoic, tough, and principled, as he plays a ranch foreman with the same name. He comes along to help his friend Slim Pickens (with the cowboy-turned-actor also playing a character with the same name), who's one of those who have inherited a ranch. Unfortunately, two of the other heirs, Carrie and Dan (June Vincent and Fred Graham) are unscrupulous types who want to protect their timber interests at all costs. Rest assured that Rex will do whatever it takes to expose their plot and punish the guilty.
Directed capably by Western veteran William Witney, "Colorado Sundown" gets right to the point, packing a fair bit of entertainment value into its trim 67 minute run time. We get multiple donnybrooks, chase sequences, and action scenes, as well as the atmospheric sight of characters working hard to prevent a flood. (A large part of the plot has to do with ranchers resenting the timber barons for cutting down all the trees and leaving the land vulnerable.) We also get a couple of songs, and an appreciable healthy amount of humour. (One major running joke has people getting head-butted in the posterior by an ornery goat.) There's also a comedy relief maid named Mattie (Louise Beavers), and an endearing pooch named Manhattan. While this little movie does get serious at times, it never gets too unpleasant.
The cast is thoroughly engaging, with Slim at his upbeat best. (He also plays a secondary role in drag, leading to the biggest guffaw in the entire picture, right near the end.). Mary Ellen Kay is a pretty leading lady as fellow heir Jackie Reynolds. Vincent and Graham are appropriately odious villains, especially him; John Daheim adds to the villainy as their unsavoury relative.
Overall, this is a decent enough way to kill some time if one is a real Western aficionado.
Six out of 10.
Directed capably by Western veteran William Witney, "Colorado Sundown" gets right to the point, packing a fair bit of entertainment value into its trim 67 minute run time. We get multiple donnybrooks, chase sequences, and action scenes, as well as the atmospheric sight of characters working hard to prevent a flood. (A large part of the plot has to do with ranchers resenting the timber barons for cutting down all the trees and leaving the land vulnerable.) We also get a couple of songs, and an appreciable healthy amount of humour. (One major running joke has people getting head-butted in the posterior by an ornery goat.) There's also a comedy relief maid named Mattie (Louise Beavers), and an endearing pooch named Manhattan. While this little movie does get serious at times, it never gets too unpleasant.
The cast is thoroughly engaging, with Slim at his upbeat best. (He also plays a secondary role in drag, leading to the biggest guffaw in the entire picture, right near the end.). Mary Ellen Kay is a pretty leading lady as fellow heir Jackie Reynolds. Vincent and Graham are appropriately odious villains, especially him; John Daheim adds to the villainy as their unsavoury relative.
Overall, this is a decent enough way to kill some time if one is a real Western aficionado.
Six out of 10.
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- Hey_Sweden
- May 24, 2020
Details
- Runtime1 hour 7 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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