First of all, "Boothill Brigade" is a meaningless title for this picture. Second, the viewer never really gets brought into and involved in the film. There is plenty of action, mostly of the horses and riders kind, and without the action from start to finish I would have been tempted to bail out of watching it along the way. In fact, I am considering trying to figure out, just for fun, how much of the film's time is consumed by horses running at full tilt. ..or just how much time is spent with people on horseback in view...just so there are benchmarks for future comparisons. The story of a rancher being coerced into selling is such a familiar formula, and unfortunately it is told here antiseptically. The acting and character development is lackluster, as well. Of course, Johnny Mack Brown is always a pleasure to spend time with, but this program doesn't serve him especially well. At least the outdoor setting of oak-studded hills with plenty of shading vegetation is refreshing.
But I got to thinking as I watched all the men, including the older ones, and the girl, too, getting on and off horses and riding them so often... folks in the Old West really had to be hardy to withstand so much punishing time on horseback. It must have made people old real fast (as in "oh my aching vertebrae!"). Anyway, this is not a bad movie, but I just wouldn't want novice B-western viewers to judge B-westerns as a group by this one.