Western Mail (1942)
1942 · Feature film · 54 min · dir. Robert Emmett Tansey
WARNING! OUTLAWS HEAD FOR COVER! The West's most daring law enforcer is headed this way!
- Western
Synopsis
Working undercover, Allen and sidekick Mendoza are out to stop the mail train robberies. Rivers and his gang are the culprits and by joining up with them, they hope to get the evidence they need.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Robert Emmett Tansey
- Writer
- Frances Kavanaugh
- Studio
- Monogram Pictures
- Released
- 1942-02-13
- Running time
- 54 minutes
Cast & crew
- Robert Emmett Tansey Director
Tom Keene
Frank Yaconelli
LeRoy Mason
Jean Trent
Fred Kohler Jr.
Glenn Strange
Gene Alsace
James Sheridan
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★ · Tom Keene Smiles Through a Laugher · Poohbah70 · 2020-01-08
God ole smilin' Tom Keene likes his very clean plaid shirts, his fancy guns and his primo horse - what a guy! He's a smiling undercover marshal here with a Mexican? sidekick in Frank Yaconelli, who gets stuck with the humor role, bad jokes, silly songs, and his donkey and monkey. The plot is an old wheeze - the banker is robbing himself to get back his money and the insurance money. The villains are old hands at this: Le Roy Mason, Karl Hackett, Fred Kohler, Jr. and Gene Alsace just go through the motions. Glenn Strange is the earnest down home sheriff. Jean Trent is the cutie here - between…
