Lone Star Law Men (1941)

User Rating:

3.9/10   

Director:

Robert Emmett Tansey

Writers:

Frances Kavanaugh (screenplay)
Robert Emmett Tansey (story)

Release Date:

5 December 1941 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

Tom smashes the outlaw gangs of the toughest corner of the Southwest! A saga of desperate gun battles...daring riding...dynamite drama!

Plot:

Outlaws are running wild in a border town. A marshal is sent in to clean it up.

Cast

Tom Keene	...	Tom Sterling
Frank Yaconelli	...	Lopez Mendoza
Betty Miles	...	Betty Grey
Sugar Dawn	...	Sugar Grey (Betty's kid sister)
Gene Alsace	...	Marshal Brady
Glenn Strange	...	Marshal Scott (as Glen Strange)
Charles King	...	Duke Lawson
Fred Hoose	...	Older Marshal
Stanley Price	...	Moose' Mason (Lawsons tax collector)
James Sheridan	...	Henchman
Reed Howes	...	Henchman Red (Ace in credits)
Prince	...	Prince, Tom's Horse
Chiquita	...	Chiquita, Sugar's Horse
Sonny	...	Sonny, Betty's Horse

Also Known As:

Lone Star Law (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

61 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #7836)

Company:

Monogram Pictures

Soundtrack:

Little Brown Jug

Just Enough Action to Make it Watchable

While it has its faults, there's probably just enough action in "Lone Star Law Men" to make it watchable. The story has Tom Keene working undercover in an attempt to break up a gang of crooks who have been running the town in their own way. Keene is joined by Frank Yaconelli in a comic sidekick role (in which he is sometimes amusing, but often distracting), and young Sugar Dawn, who gets a couple of good moments as a helpful little girl. The story is fairly predictable, but has just enough going on to hold your interest most of the time. Keene works all right in a lead role, but he lacks the presence to make his movies really memorable. It's a mixed bag, and only of interest to those who like old westerns.