dead end c-western
Ghost of Hidden Valley (1946)
In the 1940's Buster Crabbe starred as Billy Carson in a series of over 20 short, low budget films. In Ghost of Hidden Valley, Billy helps a strangely American-accented Brit who has just shown up with his personal man-servant to take over his family's ranch.
There is absolutely no climactic ending, there are no wild shootouts or horse chases, and the story just yawningly meanders to a practically nothing finish. This is so low budget that one could probably buy half of what's in Sprawl-mart for less than the cost of this movie. The greatest mystery is -- why was it digitally restored and put onto DVD? That probably cost ten times more than the whole production.
I love B-westerns but this is bottom of the barrel tripe. And knowing me I'll watch more Billy Carson movies in the future. Why? I dunno. Maybe some of them'll be worth watching and since I'm not gonna rely on what others say, I've gotta judge for myself.
In the 1940's Buster Crabbe starred as Billy Carson in a series of over 20 short, low budget films. In Ghost of Hidden Valley, Billy helps a strangely American-accented Brit who has just shown up with his personal man-servant to take over his family's ranch.
There is absolutely no climactic ending, there are no wild shootouts or horse chases, and the story just yawningly meanders to a practically nothing finish. This is so low budget that one could probably buy half of what's in Sprawl-mart for less than the cost of this movie. The greatest mystery is -- why was it digitally restored and put onto DVD? That probably cost ten times more than the whole production.
I love B-westerns but this is bottom of the barrel tripe. And knowing me I'll watch more Billy Carson movies in the future. Why? I dunno. Maybe some of them'll be worth watching and since I'm not gonna rely on what others say, I've gotta judge for myself.
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