Quite enjoyable-as the others have said, it's an obvious answer movie to 'Winchester 73', while not as good-you still can't go wrong here. Check the cast-Gary Cooper, Martin Milner(!), the skipper on Gilligan(!), Clark Kent's Mom(!) and of course, the recently departed Phillip Carey-who not to speak ill of the departed, was sort of a block of wood here-but no matter. He did his routine stuff here okay too. Oh and Fess Parker shows up too as the 'I had you in my sights once Coop' reb.
Thaxter had the token woman role, really doesn't have much to do, Cooper shows his years some but is sturdy, Paul Kelly is great as the Real Villain of the piece Col Hudson (see Spoiler Warning at start of review for more!), and of course there's the terrific scenery.
The plot-well it has Cooper going under cover to stop some Reb horse-thieves who are trying to short-circuit Yankee war-efforts East. And there's an Inside Man(Kelly!) in league w/ Lon Cheney and co. gumming things up.
This has all the great horse stunts, riding and shootouts you could ask for, to go w/ the familiar faces and great Big Sky vistas. Well worth your time.
*** outta ****
Thaxter had the token woman role, really doesn't have much to do, Cooper shows his years some but is sturdy, Paul Kelly is great as the Real Villain of the piece Col Hudson (see Spoiler Warning at start of review for more!), and of course there's the terrific scenery.
The plot-well it has Cooper going under cover to stop some Reb horse-thieves who are trying to short-circuit Yankee war-efforts East. And there's an Inside Man(Kelly!) in league w/ Lon Cheney and co. gumming things up.
This has all the great horse stunts, riding and shootouts you could ask for, to go w/ the familiar faces and great Big Sky vistas. Well worth your time.
*** outta ****