Teringer An Exercise In Nonsense

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

weezeralfalfa This western uses the gimmick of 3 sons or daughters of famous actors being used to fill about half the major roles. These are James Mitchum, Alana Ladd, and Jody McCrea. More cryptically, it included Barbara Mansell, as Martha Jane Canary: the birth name of Calamity Jane. Judging by some old photos, Barbara was notably better looking than Calamity! We have basically 4 groups that are involved in part or most of the story. Group A consists of 7 former Civil War soldiers, led by the brother of Tyler Duane(Gary Conway), plus his wife, apparently. They have stolen a $30,000. Union payroll. and are heading toward a Mescalero Apache territory, in SE NM, or Texas, perhaps on the way to Mexico. These Apache constitute a significant risk to their lives and treasure. However, it turns out that their comrades are just as murderous, the first victims being Tyler's brother and his apparent wife, until only 2 are left when they engage the other groups in a climactic shootout........Group B consists of several young men, played by Mitchum, McCrea, and Gary Conway(Tyler). In addition, there's veteran Chill Wills, as unordained minister Sam Shelby, and bride Lily Coe(Alana Ladd), formerly Lily Glendenning, just married to Morgan Coe(Mitchum), although it's unclear how legitimate this marriage is. Morgan and Lily are running away from Lily's father, Jesse, who is out to kill Morgan and bring Lily back home. He is the leader of Group C: hot on the heels of Group B. Meanwhile, Tyler, of Group B, is intent on capturing the money held by Group A, and returning it to the US Army. Group D: a band of Mescalero, don't want any of the above groups passing through their territory. I forgot to mention that Martha Jane((Barbara Mansell) joined Group B, along the way. Why, instead of tending her cattle? My guess is she thought Lisa could use some female companionship. Also, she was running from Lisa's father(Group C), whose cattle she had rustled. See the film to find out the result of the big 4 way gun battle, and its aftermath......I thought none of the offspring of the famous actors had any appreciable charisma. It was up to Chill Wills and Barbara Mansell to supply the charisma......See it at YouTube.

bkoganbing I suppose just for the marquee value of the names of Mitchum, McCrea, and Ladd Young Guns Of Texas cast them in the leads. But it's not the people with those names you're familiar with. Young Guns Of Texas stars James Mitchum, Alana Ladd, and Jody McCrea and is set in post Civil War Texas where some former Confederates have robbed a payroll. What would have been an act of war now makes them outlaws. Mitchum and McCrea team up with Gary Conway who is another young gun looking for the payroll. But Mitchum mixes some pleasure in it when he also runs off with Alana Ladd daughter of the local rancher Robert Lowery who really doesn't like Mitchum. He sics his foreman on Mitchum, but Mitchum kills him. Now Lowery gets a posse going after the young guns. McCrea is the son of the local preacher Chill Wills who married the couple and Wills joins them.Did I forget to mention that the payroll robbers, the young guns, and the posse are all riding into Apache territory? Some honeymoon Mitchum and Ladd are going to have. No credit was reflected on those great movie names by their kids appearing in this western. Yes it's as dumb as I've described it.

SanteeFats Okay this a typical Western for the time. You have a bad rancher, played by Robert Lowery, (Jessie), who does the usual try to ride rough shod over any and all opposition. It doesn't work with James Mitchum as Morgan Coe. Coe was rescued after five years with the Comanche's. Taken in by Jessie, Coe falls for his daughter. So Jessie sends her back East for school and fires Coe, (can't trust an Injun). She returns and things heat up. At a church social Jessie sics his hired gun on Coe and Coe kills him. Tyler shows up in town, is following his brother, a Union captain and six Rebs, they also have the Captain's wife and $30K in stolen gold. The upshot of all this is the patrol goes into Apache country and so Tyler goes after them. Due to circumstances written into the plot Coe, the daughter, an un-ordained preacher and his son also come with. The father now grabs his crew and they follow the daughter. The captain and his wife are found murdered by the Reb's. Then two of them are found a little further on. Meanwhile Tyler and gang are close and so is daddy. The Apache's finally show up, kill two more of the patrol, then run into Tyler's group. Now is where I have a real problem with the film. The Indians just come riding up shooting willy-nilly and stay mounted right in front of the blazing guns of the whites. Finally daddy and his men appear and they are just as stupid. They stay on their horses too and every one is shooting at everyone else. Daddy sees Coe and kills him, then as the Apache's ride off one of them kills Jessie. So the show ends with daddy and the husband dead. The preacher has recovered the gold, gives it to Tyler. The last scene at the graves of Jessie and Coe shows you the future, Tyler is staying west and returning the gold to the Army and the daughter and he are obviously going to hook up down the line.

superkentman This film has nothing going for it. It used the gimmick of starring the children of three famous Stars (sound familiar?). The sons of Joel McCrea and Robert Mitchum, and the daughter of Alan Ladd play cardboard characters in a dime novel. This novelty of the casting is the only reason anybody ever saw this film in its day, and the only reason to fast forward through it now. As for "whatever happened to", Alana Ladd's filmography speaks volumes. The Boys fared a little better, but not much.