The heirs of the dying owner of a valuable radium mine are being murdered as a mining engineer tries to uncover the killer and clear his cousin's name.The heirs of the dying owner of a valuable radium mine are being murdered as a mining engineer tries to uncover the killer and clear his cousin's name.The heirs of the dying owner of a valuable radium mine are being murdered as a mining engineer tries to uncover the killer and clear his cousin's name.
George F. Marion
- James Ballard
- (as George Marion Sr.)
James Eagles
- John Borg
- (as James C. Eagles)
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- TriviaThis is one of 20 Zane Grey stories, filmed by Paramount in the 1930s, that it sold to Favorite Films for re-release, circa 1950-52. The failure of Paramount, the original copyright holder, to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies. The quality of the version shown on Prime Video is more complete and better than that of the one shown on FMC, or the Family Movie Classics channel; it includes the opening credits roll call, which the other version does not.
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Deputy Tex Murdock: Be sure that somebody don't talk you into paroling that gang. Especially that Chinaman! He made a lot of threats against me if I had only understood 'em.
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Wow, that stamping machine that pounds raw ore into dust may be the star of the show. It's scary as heck as a few unfortunates find out. The plot's an okay whodunit, taking place in modern age boondocks, sort of a mixture of six-guns and Ford flivvers. Then too, how about those run-down shacks and interiors, including the monster ore house that's a real eye-catcher. These amount to real old movie oddities.
Cast-wise, there's a sneaky family of suspects to choose from, with Mrs. Borg looking like Frankenstein's mother as the likeliest candidate. Too bad Scott-- still early in his outstanding career-- has little more to do than stand around like a handsome hunk. In short, he's wasted. Instead it's Chic Sale who gets the screen time for a series of mostly amusing antics as a deputy sheriff, no less. Whether his role appeals to viewers, however, is likely a matter of taste. Also, should mention Ann Sheridan as the sweet ingénue, still a long way from the sassy hussies she perfected over at Warner Bros.
Anyway, the plot may not be anything special, but many of the visuals are, thanks to what the pro's call "mise-en-scene". Then too, I'm glad Scott went on from his near nothing role here to the great Boetticher westerns of the 50's and 60's. So, all in all, give this novelty a try.
Cast-wise, there's a sneaky family of suspects to choose from, with Mrs. Borg looking like Frankenstein's mother as the likeliest candidate. Too bad Scott-- still early in his outstanding career-- has little more to do than stand around like a handsome hunk. In short, he's wasted. Instead it's Chic Sale who gets the screen time for a series of mostly amusing antics as a deputy sheriff, no less. Whether his role appeals to viewers, however, is likely a matter of taste. Also, should mention Ann Sheridan as the sweet ingénue, still a long way from the sassy hussies she perfected over at Warner Bros.
Anyway, the plot may not be anything special, but many of the visuals are, thanks to what the pro's call "mise-en-scene". Then too, I'm glad Scott went on from his near nothing role here to the great Boetticher westerns of the 50's and 60's. So, all in all, give this novelty a try.
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- dougdoepke
- Apr 11, 2019
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By what name was Rocky Mountain Mystery (1935) officially released in Canada in English?
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