Friday, January 13, 2012

The Silver Bullet (1942)


Universal Pictures
Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(VHS, VCI)
(Encore)

Johnny Mack Brown may be my favorite B-western star. He's tough, he's real, there is never any doubt it's him doing the fighting and other stunt work. This production has a couple of entertaining fight scenes, including one in a saloon towards the beginning which incorporates unusual point of view angles. Great fun to see Brown staring right at you and throwing a punch. Fuzzy Knight's support work as the stuttering sidekick, though, leaves a lot to be desired. You know you are in trouble when you have to resort to dressing in drag to get laughs. Pretty Jennifer Holt is the romantic interest.

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