Reviewer:
Poohbah70
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December 17, 2019
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Davis, Boyd, Powell - Another Dull Trio
Art Davis and Bill Boyd harmonize well together on 3 or 4 songs stuck in wherever there was an opportunity. Otherwise, they and Lee Powell make one uninteresting, poorly acted trio - again, not the competition to the 3 Mesquiteers that PRC had hoped for. The plot is another version of the scientist with a formula who has been captured by the bad guys and forced to work for them. All the usual bad guys are here: Stanford Jolley, Charles King, John Merton and Kermit Maynard - and do their best to build up interest in an otherwise flat production. Pretty Esther Estrella shows up as the scientist's daughter brave enough to search for him amidst a conspiracy of desperate men - IMDb says between 1941-42 she appeared in 10 films and was credited for five - and they have no further info on her. Nothing special here.
Reviewer:
bobsluckycat
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March 18, 2005
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A Lame Trio
This film is the fourth of 5 western trio films put out between Feb. and Oct. 1942 by PRC Pictures with these stars and they are so bad you have to ask yourself just what were they thinking. Art Davis, a fair actor and western singer is O.K.(Quite natural,actually). Bill Boyd (Billed as Cowboy Rambler)was probably the most famous due to his extensive recordings for RCA Victor and Bluebird with his western-swing band, but a non-actor. Lee Powell, known for serials at Republic and on the way to the U.S. Marine Corp, comes across as wooden and somewhat effete as a cowboy actor. This particular film is inane, strictly grade D, even for PRC. This particular copy has no sound for about the last 5 minutes, when I viewed it anyway. Also strange, no background music at all, for a western! Some songs (too many)however by Davis and Boyd. Curiosity value only.