Law Men (1944)
1944 · Feature film · 54 min · dir. Lambert Hillyer
BAD MEN REACH FOR THE SKY! Watch Out For These Two When Six-Guns Start Blazing!
- Western
Synopsis
U.S. Marshals "Nevada" Jack McKenzie and "Sandy" Hopkins go undercover to bust a gang of stagecoach robbers in this vintage Western serial. Nevada infiltrates the gang, while Sandy works as a cobbler in town, keeping an ear open for local gossip as they try to flush out the inside man tipping off the crooks.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Lambert Hillyer
- Writer
- Glenn Tryon
- Cinematography
- Harry Neumann
- Studio
- Monogram Pictures, Great Western Productions
- Released
- 1944-04-25
- Running time
- 54 minutes
Cast & crew
Lambert Hillyer Director
Johnny Mack Brown
Raymond Hatton- Jan Wiley
Kirby Grant
Robert Frazer
Edmund Cobb- Art Fowler
Hal Price
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Not bad for a Monogram western · Dark Moon · 2011-12-27
Having two US Marshals going under cover to find the real boss behind a gang of bank robbers gives scope for a fairly involved plot, especially because the two of them work semi-independently of each other. The cast were reasonably credible in their roles, with natural dialogue and actions. There was not as much action as in "typical" westerns—this film relied more on a convoluted story to carry it, which gave it more credibility, at least for me. Unfortunately, though, the poor print quality, with faded and blurry picture, mushy sound, and enough missing frames to disrupt dialogue in…
★★★ · Johhny Mack Brown Brings Law to Town · Poohbah70 · 2019-11-24
An average and typical western - the plot involves the town's banker robbing himself so his depositors can't pay their mortgages or expenses - then the banker will foreclose or buy cheap and own the whole town - whoopee! Johnny Mack Brown (U.S. Marshal Nevada Jack McKenzie) and Raymond Hatton (U.S. Marshal Sandy Hopkins) attack the mission by going undercover - Brown insinuates himself into the crooks' trust by sheer bravado - very hard to believe - and Hatton gets the trust of the townspeople by shooting a robber and becoming town boot smith - also hard to believe as he knows nothing about…
