Bill Cody (Bill Harris), Janet Morgan (Jane Wilson), George Chesebro (Don Salina), William Desmond (Dr. Jim Wilson), Fred Church (Buck Morgan), Jimmie Aubrey (Tulsa Pete), Franklyn Farnum (Fred Palmer).
Director: ROBERT J. HORNER. Story: Ollie Milliken. Photography: Jimmie Diamond. Film editor: William Austin. Art director: Mel Harwood. Technical adviser: Sam Hasvold. International Sound Recording System. A Robert J. Horner Production. Executive producer: Nathan Hirsch.
Not copyrighted 1934 by Aywon Films, New York. No New York opening. No recorded U.S. release date. 55 minutes.
COMMENT: The story is a little difficult to follow. The fact that there is no screenplay credit leads me to believe that the script was made up on the run.
But briefly what we have here is an entry in the odd alliances cycle. Bill Cody, an emaciated, extremely quirky, but rather personable "lunger" drifts into an Arizona town where he allies himself with rough-house Farnum, the town bully, of all people.
However, the alliance doesn't last and Cody soon fights Farnum for the favors of Rita, a saloon girl (uncredited, even though she has a large role which she plays most creditably).
However, both men end up ditching Rita to engage in another struggle, this time for the hand of Blanche Mehaffey (here re-named Janet Morgan), playing the daughter of the town's doctor. The said doctor is also a large rancher.
George Chesebro, a snarling heavy, is in cahoots with Farnum to rustle the doctor's herd and drive the cattle across the border to sell to the revolutionists. But Farnum's involvement with the girl and his friendship with Cody causes his allegiance to waver.
Admittedly, the film doesn't quite live up to the promise of its splendidly quirky opening scenes. But it's a treat, nonetheless, especially for Cody fans who like their Bill unsaddled with a juvenile.
Director: ROBERT J. HORNER. Story: Ollie Milliken. Photography: Jimmie Diamond. Film editor: William Austin. Art director: Mel Harwood. Technical adviser: Sam Hasvold. International Sound Recording System. A Robert J. Horner Production. Executive producer: Nathan Hirsch.
Not copyrighted 1934 by Aywon Films, New York. No New York opening. No recorded U.S. release date. 55 minutes.
COMMENT: The story is a little difficult to follow. The fact that there is no screenplay credit leads me to believe that the script was made up on the run.
But briefly what we have here is an entry in the odd alliances cycle. Bill Cody, an emaciated, extremely quirky, but rather personable "lunger" drifts into an Arizona town where he allies himself with rough-house Farnum, the town bully, of all people.
However, the alliance doesn't last and Cody soon fights Farnum for the favors of Rita, a saloon girl (uncredited, even though she has a large role which she plays most creditably).
However, both men end up ditching Rita to engage in another struggle, this time for the hand of Blanche Mehaffey (here re-named Janet Morgan), playing the daughter of the town's doctor. The said doctor is also a large rancher.
George Chesebro, a snarling heavy, is in cahoots with Farnum to rustle the doctor's herd and drive the cattle across the border to sell to the revolutionists. But Farnum's involvement with the girl and his friendship with Cody causes his allegiance to waver.
Admittedly, the film doesn't quite live up to the promise of its splendidly quirky opening scenes. But it's a treat, nonetheless, especially for Cody fans who like their Bill unsaddled with a juvenile.