We all start somewhere and in this case director Edward Dmytryk who did such classics as The Young Lions, Crossfire, Raintree County and so many films that I really like cut his directing teeth on this poverty row western from an outfit called Affiliated Pictures entitled The Hawk. The only thing that distinguishes this film particularly is that the villain is the title role.
Other than Dick Jones who had a substantial career on the big and small screen unless you are devotee of B westerns you will not know any of the other cast members. Jones is only 8 years old here playing a stepson to rancher Lafe McKee whose herd and others is being systematically robbed by a mysterious outlaw known as The Hawk.
The second part of this story concerns young cowboy Bruce Lane who is told that he's McKee's son by his dying mother and to go back and claim his inheritance. Why they split we're not told, but McKee can't prove anything to the sheriff so he robs the post office of one of a series of registered letters been sent to all the nearby towns.
And the sheriff actually gives chase. They must have a truly crime free town unparalleled in the real west or the Hollywood west for that to happen.
At this point Lane gets to McKee's ranch and says nothing at first for a number of reasons. McKee is all involved in trying to catch The Hawk and they have to form a vigilante committee because law and order ain't as good as it is where Lane came from. There's no way any viewer won't figure out who The Hawk is.
This is about as cheap a western from the Gower Gulch poverty row studios as they come.
Other than Dick Jones who had a substantial career on the big and small screen unless you are devotee of B westerns you will not know any of the other cast members. Jones is only 8 years old here playing a stepson to rancher Lafe McKee whose herd and others is being systematically robbed by a mysterious outlaw known as The Hawk.
The second part of this story concerns young cowboy Bruce Lane who is told that he's McKee's son by his dying mother and to go back and claim his inheritance. Why they split we're not told, but McKee can't prove anything to the sheriff so he robs the post office of one of a series of registered letters been sent to all the nearby towns.
And the sheriff actually gives chase. They must have a truly crime free town unparalleled in the real west or the Hollywood west for that to happen.
At this point Lane gets to McKee's ranch and says nothing at first for a number of reasons. McKee is all involved in trying to catch The Hawk and they have to form a vigilante committee because law and order ain't as good as it is where Lane came from. There's no way any viewer won't figure out who The Hawk is.
This is about as cheap a western from the Gower Gulch poverty row studios as they come.