Rancher entertains girl in Nevada to get a divorce. Then her gangster husband shows up.Rancher entertains girl in Nevada to get a divorce. Then her gangster husband shows up.Rancher entertains girl in Nevada to get a divorce. Then her gangster husband shows up.
Syd Saylor
- Paddy
- (as Sid Saylor)
Tommy Coats
- Shorty - Cowhand
- (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
- Doc - Henchman
- (uncredited)
Frank Hagney
- Brodie - Henchman
- (uncredited)
Sid Jordan
- Cowhand
- (uncredited)
Tom London
- 2nd Taxi Driver
- (uncredited)
Gertrude Messinger
- Martin's Secretary
- (uncredited)
Dick Rush
- Hotel Doorman
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe earliest documented telecast of this film occurred Monday 31 January 1944 on New York City's pioneer television station WNBT (Channel 1). In Chicago, it aired Saturday 10 April 1948, the first feature film to be offered by freshly launched WGN (Channel 9). In Lowell MA (serving the Boston Area) its first telecast took place Friday 10 September 1948 on WBZ (Channel 4); it was first aired in Baltimore Sunday 23 January 1949 on WMAR (Channel 2).
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The Secret About "Secret Valley" is that it is a Fun Film!
"Secret Valley" was a happy surprise, offering a really fun venture into the contemporary West (1930's) with a strong dose of 1930's gangsterdom. I expected a throw-away Richard Arlen B-picture effort, being that it is only a 58-minute western. But Arlen has his rugged but amiable veneer here, melded nicely into a pleasant coupling with Virginia Grey, the girl with the luminous eyes. She plays her part directly and with many changes in tone and demeanor.
One really gets worked up into the excitement of an old West cattle drive and roundup in the film, all of which is contrasted with the sordid approach to life of a New York gangster finding himself out of his element. The beautiful Sierras are in nearly constant view while the cattle seem to be omnipresent, too. The movie indeed does move along at an economical B-western pace, and the romance is underplayed here, too, as one would expect. But production values are good and the acting is sharp. There is little to fault in this picture and it holds up nicely; it might even spur some of us to a reading of the original book by author Harold Bell Wright. Anyway, most fans of movies and particularly westerns from the 1930'a will find this one quite entertaining and even lamentably too short.
One really gets worked up into the excitement of an old West cattle drive and roundup in the film, all of which is contrasted with the sordid approach to life of a New York gangster finding himself out of his element. The beautiful Sierras are in nearly constant view while the cattle seem to be omnipresent, too. The movie indeed does move along at an economical B-western pace, and the romance is underplayed here, too, as one would expect. But production values are good and the acting is sharp. There is little to fault in this picture and it holds up nicely; it might even spur some of us to a reading of the original book by author Harold Bell Wright. Anyway, most fans of movies and particularly westerns from the 1930'a will find this one quite entertaining and even lamentably too short.
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- glennstenb
- Dec 7, 2021
Details
- Runtime1 hour
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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