The legend of Butch and Sundance wouldn't have gotten very far if their adventures ended in Broken Bow. Sometimes it would be better if film makers kept the legendary names out of the story and just made up different ones.
You had to figure Charlie Veer (Douglas Kennedy) was up to something the first time he showed up in the story. If you've seen enough of these B Westerns, you figure there's some kind of set up along the way to keep the good guy, this time Brady Sutton (Phil Carey), off kilter long enough for the story to play itself out.
Here's the question I need answered - when Brady recognized Sundance at the Broken Bow bank and warned Sheriff McVey (Roy Roberts), why would they then move the strongbox with the bank's money over to the jail for safekeeping, only to leave it in an unlocked cell? That just didn't make any sense to me.
The story plays out typically enough, as we learn that Veer's a Pinkerton agent, the conflicted Brady remains a good guy (with some coaxing), and the Hole in the Wall Gang really have a Hole in the Wall hideout - at both ends! The biggest surprise of the picture for me however, and I never would have known it if I hadn't checked the full cast and crew credits, was the identity of the simpleton in Cassidy's gang who hid the gold and liked birds. That was Aaron Spelling!! - probably realizing he had a better future on the other side of the camera.
You had to figure Charlie Veer (Douglas Kennedy) was up to something the first time he showed up in the story. If you've seen enough of these B Westerns, you figure there's some kind of set up along the way to keep the good guy, this time Brady Sutton (Phil Carey), off kilter long enough for the story to play itself out.
Here's the question I need answered - when Brady recognized Sundance at the Broken Bow bank and warned Sheriff McVey (Roy Roberts), why would they then move the strongbox with the bank's money over to the jail for safekeeping, only to leave it in an unlocked cell? That just didn't make any sense to me.
The story plays out typically enough, as we learn that Veer's a Pinkerton agent, the conflicted Brady remains a good guy (with some coaxing), and the Hole in the Wall Gang really have a Hole in the Wall hideout - at both ends! The biggest surprise of the picture for me however, and I never would have known it if I hadn't checked the full cast and crew credits, was the identity of the simpleton in Cassidy's gang who hid the gold and liked birds. That was Aaron Spelling!! - probably realizing he had a better future on the other side of the camera.