Rocky Lane is someone I don't remember seeing since ... well, probably decades ago. It's great to find "The Denver Kid" in a really good print at YouTube, and to find Rocky Lane is as good as I remember from my childhood.
He was a good-looking guy, and seemed athletic, handling his fight scenes and his riding well, and he sounded good.
Another good voice in "The Denver Kid" is Bill Henry as a confused young man. He had a long and busy career, and deserved it.
For some strange reason, the YouTube movie says the star is Eddy Waller! I guess the uploading person was or is a knucklehead. Or something. In truth, Eddy Waller was an excellent actor, and a busy one. He has credits of 268 roles here at IMDb!
Some people might write him off as a silly sidekick, but in fact he was a character actor of quite some range.
Unlike in so many movies, even B-Westerns, there is no important female role in "The Denver Kid." A charming and attractive Peggy Wynne has a near-cameo as "Mitzie," but it's mostly males in this entertaining film.
Other than Lane and maybe Waller, there are no really famous actors but there are some very talented players. Rory Mallinson, for example, is really smooth as an ambitious villain, and shows himself to have been capable of and qualified for many more and bigger roles.
One surprise -- again, to me -- was the great Douglas Fowley as a bad-guy cowboy. I can't recall seeing him in any other Western and he nearly stole this entire film. From slimy thug to cowed and cowardly villain, he is simply magnificent in this role.
There are more excellent performers, and great directing and photography, and good scenery, and I strongly recommend "The Denver Kid."
He was a good-looking guy, and seemed athletic, handling his fight scenes and his riding well, and he sounded good.
Another good voice in "The Denver Kid" is Bill Henry as a confused young man. He had a long and busy career, and deserved it.
For some strange reason, the YouTube movie says the star is Eddy Waller! I guess the uploading person was or is a knucklehead. Or something. In truth, Eddy Waller was an excellent actor, and a busy one. He has credits of 268 roles here at IMDb!
Some people might write him off as a silly sidekick, but in fact he was a character actor of quite some range.
Unlike in so many movies, even B-Westerns, there is no important female role in "The Denver Kid." A charming and attractive Peggy Wynne has a near-cameo as "Mitzie," but it's mostly males in this entertaining film.
Other than Lane and maybe Waller, there are no really famous actors but there are some very talented players. Rory Mallinson, for example, is really smooth as an ambitious villain, and shows himself to have been capable of and qualified for many more and bigger roles.
One surprise -- again, to me -- was the great Douglas Fowley as a bad-guy cowboy. I can't recall seeing him in any other Western and he nearly stole this entire film. From slimy thug to cowed and cowardly villain, he is simply magnificent in this role.
There are more excellent performers, and great directing and photography, and good scenery, and I strongly recommend "The Denver Kid."