"Draegerman Courage" is an excellent B-movie...so good you'd swear it isn't a B! On one hand, its running time is under and hour and the leading men in the film are guys who traditionally are supporting actors (Barton MacLane and Henry O'Neill)....so it's clearly a B. But on the other, it's very well made....and looks as if Warner Brothers really believed in the project and gave it excellent and unexpected production values The cave-in scenes, for example. Are extremely well done...and that's something you'd not expect in a B.
The story is inspired by real events that occurred the year before the film was made. The 'Draegerman' that the title refers to is a man whose job it is to clean up cave-ins in mines and rescue the survivors. In this case, MacLane doesn't play his usual bad guy but the hero who is apparently the best at saving lives during these emergencies. How does it all play out? Well, see the film....as I don't want to ruin any surprise.
The acting, writing and production are all top notch....very well done and well worth seeing. In addition, the story is tense and exciting....and I really appreciated that folks didn't just 'phone this on in' like some Bs but really gave it their all.