California stage robber Black Bart meets European dancer Lola Montez.California stage robber Black Bart meets European dancer Lola Montez.California stage robber Black Bart meets European dancer Lola Montez.
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Soledad Jiménez
- Teresa
- (as Soledad Jimenez)
Eddy Waller
- Ed Mason
- (as Eddy C. Waller)
Anne O'Neal
- Mrs. Harmon
- (as Anne O'Neil)
Eddie Acuff
- Elkins
- (uncredited)
Earl Audet
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
William Bailey
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Ray Bennett
- Henry
- (uncredited)
Nina Campana
- Mamacita
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaCharles E. Boles was the historical figure known as Black Bart, and he reportedly held up 28 Wells Fargo stagecoaches in Northern California before he was captured in 1882. The real Boles operated alone, used an unloaded weapon, and often-times he left poems inside the strongboxes he had looted. After his release from prison, he disappeared. His place and date of death is unknown. Update 2/2022; According to Wikipedia, Black Bart left only a brief poem at two different robberies.
- GoofsOne of the newspaper columns (c. 1849) mentions automobiles.
- Quotes
Clark: I've got an idea that's bigger than anything you've ever heard. It'll take time... and it'll take brains.
Charles E. Boles: I got plenty of time.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Phantom Planet (1998)
Featured review
A Mixed Bag
Three tricky outlaws part ways, only to meet up later on opposite sides.
Pretty good Western— somewhere between an A-production and a B. It's an unusually distinguished supporting cast from Lovejoy to McIntyre to Kilbride, along with some good scenic outdoor set-ups that keep the eye entertained even when the action slows down. Reviewer lorenellroy is right—the amorality of Lynn and Duryea is unusual for the period, 1948. It's hard at times to know where their loyalties lie, making the script somewhat—and refreshingly-- difficult to predict. Add a luscious De Carlo who looks ravishing in Technicolor, while turning in a surprisingly artful performance.
So, with these positives, why doesn't the movie impact more strongly than I believe it does. Now I'm as big a Duryea fan as anyone. In fact that's why I tuned in. But for some reason he looks less motivated than usual, draining Bart of needed character color. There's not the usual relish of his better performances. Add to that the other lead, Jeffrey Lynn, who's just naturally colorless, and there's not the needed drive at the movie's center. At the same time, director Sherman has to work in the romantic angle without sagging the tempo, which he does pretty well. But the staging of the final ambush scene is clumsily done—how could the ambushers miss their shots at such close range as Bart and Lance race for the cabin.
Anyway, there's real offbeat potential in the various ambiguities that the script doesn't develop adequately until the end. Nonetheless, the compensations are enough to make this a generally entertaining 80-minutes of cowboy intrigue.
Pretty good Western— somewhere between an A-production and a B. It's an unusually distinguished supporting cast from Lovejoy to McIntyre to Kilbride, along with some good scenic outdoor set-ups that keep the eye entertained even when the action slows down. Reviewer lorenellroy is right—the amorality of Lynn and Duryea is unusual for the period, 1948. It's hard at times to know where their loyalties lie, making the script somewhat—and refreshingly-- difficult to predict. Add a luscious De Carlo who looks ravishing in Technicolor, while turning in a surprisingly artful performance.
So, with these positives, why doesn't the movie impact more strongly than I believe it does. Now I'm as big a Duryea fan as anyone. In fact that's why I tuned in. But for some reason he looks less motivated than usual, draining Bart of needed character color. There's not the usual relish of his better performances. Add to that the other lead, Jeffrey Lynn, who's just naturally colorless, and there's not the needed drive at the movie's center. At the same time, director Sherman has to work in the romantic angle without sagging the tempo, which he does pretty well. But the staging of the final ambush scene is clumsily done—how could the ambushers miss their shots at such close range as Bart and Lance race for the cabin.
Anyway, there's real offbeat potential in the various ambiguities that the script doesn't develop adequately until the end. Nonetheless, the compensations are enough to make this a generally entertaining 80-minutes of cowboy intrigue.
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- dougdoepke
- Jan 6, 2011
Details
- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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