This is a charming shaggy dog of an RKO western in which Harry Carey rescues a drunken easterner, John Beal, and helps make a man of him while fighting off a protection racket and Armida, taking a sojourn up from Mexico, tries her hand at stardom among the gringos, singing and being romanced by Beal.
Harry Carey could perform this sort of role in his sleep and make it interesting, and he seems to be awake in this one. There's some nice understated photography by Nick Musuraca.
Overall, this is the sort of highly competent B western that RKO specialized in for twenty years. There's considerable padding, including a scene in which Carey and George Irving get drunk on tequilla and try to outyarn each other, but it's all nicely done.
Harry Carey could perform this sort of role in his sleep and make it interesting, and he seems to be awake in this one. There's some nice understated photography by Nick Musuraca.
Overall, this is the sort of highly competent B western that RKO specialized in for twenty years. There's considerable padding, including a scene in which Carey and George Irving get drunk on tequilla and try to outyarn each other, but it's all nicely done.