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Saddle pals Bob Rivers (Bob Steele) and Grizzly (Gabby Hayes) have of late become tired of their life consisting of shoot-outs and chases that has garnered them a bad reputation  without them having done anything wrong. And especially after saving a Marshal's (Lafe McKee) and being mistaken for criminals by him they decide to just hightail it for another state and try to settle down. However, at the first town they hit they decide to become the crew os a stagecoach after the original crew is sent to jail for delivering a money strongbox empty that shouldn't have been empty. It's a big mystery, as they didn't have the keys to the strongbox and thus should't have been able to open it - but to jail they go all the same. Bob soon figures there's something with the local blacksmith (Ed Brady), who has made both the strongbox and its padlock, but then again he wouldn't have the first chance to get his hands on the strongbox. Bob also falls madly in love with the blacksmith's daughter Mary (Doris Hill). Of course, Bob's suspicions are correct, but only the audience learns this yet. First the blacksmith and his brother (Ernie Adams) have their gang try to hold up the stage, but Bob is too good a shot to let this happen, and the first strongbox goes through. So for the next timethe blacksmith's brother has a big box loaded on Bob and Grizzly's stage that happens to contain Mary, who in an unguarded moment slips out, opens the strongbox with her key, empties and locks it shut again and again hides in the big box. This is witnessed by Bob though, who wants to ride to town to inform the sheriff (Frank Ball), but is thrown off his horse, and by the time he comes too, the empty box has already been delivered, Grizzly is thrown into jail for delivering it empty, and a posse is formed to capture Bob - but not before he can save Mary's life, her dad is killed in an accident, and his brother now searches the blacksmith's house for the loot. Still, Bob is sent to jail, and ultimately he and Grizzly are handed over to the very Marshal whose life they've saved. But fortunately, that man has since learned about their innocence and the fact that they saved him, so he not only lets them go but also sees to it that Bob is re-united with Mary.

Robert N. Bradbury's westerns are usually full of excitement, and this one sure is no exception, it's got a crashing stagecoach, a crashing buggy, some breakneck riding, and apart from an a bit clumsy start, it moves along at a very brisk pace. Plus, and I've said this before, Bradbury's own son Bob Steele makes a pretty good leading man. That all said, I'd probably not call this a masterpiece, at least not in the traditional sense of the word, maybe not even one of Bradbury's best,, but that doesn't mean it isn't a pretty solid if slightly routine B western.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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