This made for TV live action film was produced by Hanna- Barbera...and THAT sure was a surprise. It's an enjoyable film but also one with lots of plot holes...too many to put it in any category other than a time-passer.
When the film begins, an agent for the stage comes into a tiny, crappy western town to say he's got a chest filled with $200,000 and he says a gang is outside of town waiting to take it. He wants to leave it in the bank's vault and then head for help. Why he didn't just stay was a bit perplexing...perhaps he figured everyone in the tiny town would die! Regardless, Zack (Richard Crenna), the bank manager, and Handy (Jack Elam), the town's part-time sheriff and full-time crusty character, are in charge of watching the money. No one else volunteers to help and, oddly, you never see them try to recruit anyone.
Soon a single baddie comes into town to do recon. He walks into the bar owned by Handy and Handy tells him EVERYTHING about the money and where it is!! Does this make any sense at all? No...but this will be a somewhat recurring problem.
When the baddies show up, Handy and Zack refuse to just hand over the money to the five bandits...and Handy blows away one of them. A bit later, the four come back and Zack and Handy toss out a dozen or more sticks of dynamite and only manage to hit two of them. Then, one of them sticks his gun into the hideout where the heroes are hiding and shoots Handy...but doesn't bother trying to shoot Zack-- even though he is 100% defenseless AND doing this would end the matter.
The remaining guys come back later and get picked off one by one. The final baddie is killed in the most amazingly screwy ways I could even hope to imagine....and you'll just have to see it for yourself!!
All in all, an exciting film but also one that requires you to put your brain into neutral many times in order to enjoy it without thinking that a lot of it makes no sense. Watch if you want...it is interesting.
When the film begins, an agent for the stage comes into a tiny, crappy western town to say he's got a chest filled with $200,000 and he says a gang is outside of town waiting to take it. He wants to leave it in the bank's vault and then head for help. Why he didn't just stay was a bit perplexing...perhaps he figured everyone in the tiny town would die! Regardless, Zack (Richard Crenna), the bank manager, and Handy (Jack Elam), the town's part-time sheriff and full-time crusty character, are in charge of watching the money. No one else volunteers to help and, oddly, you never see them try to recruit anyone.
Soon a single baddie comes into town to do recon. He walks into the bar owned by Handy and Handy tells him EVERYTHING about the money and where it is!! Does this make any sense at all? No...but this will be a somewhat recurring problem.
When the baddies show up, Handy and Zack refuse to just hand over the money to the five bandits...and Handy blows away one of them. A bit later, the four come back and Zack and Handy toss out a dozen or more sticks of dynamite and only manage to hit two of them. Then, one of them sticks his gun into the hideout where the heroes are hiding and shoots Handy...but doesn't bother trying to shoot Zack-- even though he is 100% defenseless AND doing this would end the matter.
The remaining guys come back later and get picked off one by one. The final baddie is killed in the most amazingly screwy ways I could even hope to imagine....and you'll just have to see it for yourself!!
All in all, an exciting film but also one that requires you to put your brain into neutral many times in order to enjoy it without thinking that a lot of it makes no sense. Watch if you want...it is interesting.