Implausability after implausibility mars this ridiculous film here. Essentially this tale is about a man who seeks out his Father after his mother passes away. After arriving at the ranch where his Father works, which of course, he doesn't tell anyone that he's kin, he learns of a cowhand's plan to sabotage his father's cattle drive. OK, I'll get this right out in the open. Why on earth would the son keep a secret like that from his father when he could've revealed it? The "proof", a locket, disappears, but my gosh, wouldn't he believe him if they just sat down and talked? Very bizarre. Of course, that's not the only thing, we have the annoying kid cowboy, the over-stereotypical cook, (this time he's Italian) and of course the way-too-smart dog companion. Finally, I wonder if audiences in the thirties were smart to realize that the love interest in the film, though he didn't realize it at the time, would technically be the hero's own sister.
Review of The Hawk
