Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Marshal of Mesa City (1939)

RKO Radio Pictures
Directed by David Howard
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)

A dusty Arizona town with a corrupt sheriff is having problems with outlaws. Pretty school teacher Virginia Vale is fed up and leaves town by stagecoach. However, the sheriff, who is in love with her, sends his gang to stop it. In steps George O'Brien, who saves her from the bad guys and vows to clean up the town by becoming marshal, and maybe gets the girl as well. It's entirely predictable and the characters are mostly stereotypes, but well-acted by a cast of western pros who raise it above your typical B-western matinee picture.

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