Eddie Dean is billed above the title in this, the first of a series of Cinecolor westerns he made for PRC (on which colour supervisor W.T.Crespinel rather than cameraman Marcel LePicard shares the main credit with the colour process).
It's obvious very quickly that with the possible exception of Sarah Padden as matriarch Ma Conway the real star of the film is Al La Rue, looking a lot like Rags Ragland as black-clad, whip-wielding bad boy The Cheyenne Kid, who even leading lady Jennifer Holt finds more interesting than the boring Dean; provoking Dean and La Rue into the film's obligatory punch-up after Cheyenne dismisses her as just a "cheap flirt".
As 'Lash' LaRue he unsurprisingly was soon promoted to starring in his own vehicles while Dean only lasted a few more films.
It's obvious very quickly that with the possible exception of Sarah Padden as matriarch Ma Conway the real star of the film is Al La Rue, looking a lot like Rags Ragland as black-clad, whip-wielding bad boy The Cheyenne Kid, who even leading lady Jennifer Holt finds more interesting than the boring Dean; provoking Dean and La Rue into the film's obligatory punch-up after Cheyenne dismisses her as just a "cheap flirt".
As 'Lash' LaRue he unsurprisingly was soon promoted to starring in his own vehicles while Dean only lasted a few more films.