Interesting little short produced by Carey Wilson for MGM in '41, a sort of forerunner of TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE where a greedy prospector ends up paying for his greed with his life.
This one is about Manuel Arguello who discovered gold in Death Valley, California, 1843. He and several other men go on a quest for gold after accidentally discovering that Indians have been making pottery from it. He and all of his men are gradually disposed of by an unseen predator. Next, another story along the same lines, another prospector dead. The final story covers the same sort of ground.
All of it is filmed amid rugged mountain locations and photographed nicely in crisp Sepiatone.
Worth watching but the stories could have had more contrast.
This one is about Manuel Arguello who discovered gold in Death Valley, California, 1843. He and several other men go on a quest for gold after accidentally discovering that Indians have been making pottery from it. He and all of his men are gradually disposed of by an unseen predator. Next, another story along the same lines, another prospector dead. The final story covers the same sort of ground.
All of it is filmed amid rugged mountain locations and photographed nicely in crisp Sepiatone.
Worth watching but the stories could have had more contrast.