Flaming Lead

Men are willing to kill for the Army´s lucrative horse contract. When Arizona rancher Jim Burke is shot and killed by rustlers stealing his herd, his daughter Kay (Eleanor Stewart) sends an urgent telegram to Jim´s absentee partner, Frank Gordon (Dave O´Brien), begging him to come back from Chicago to help save the ranch. Frank, being a cowardly drunkard, sends cowboy Ken Clark (Ken Maynard) in his place to impersonate him. Ken soon finds himself in a stampede of greed, corruption and murder. His heroic efforts to retrieve the herd and bring the horse-thieves to justice are jeopardized when the real Gordon shows up drunk and blows his cover.

Flaming Lead marks the only time that Producer Max Alexander sat in a director´s chair, sharing the credit here with prolific Sam Newfield. Reliable Dave O´Brien doesn´t have a single sober line to deliver in this 1939 production, and trick-riding master Ken Maynard gets plenty of opportunities to show off his considerable cowboy skills, honed to perfection during his days with the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show.

Upplagd i sortimentet: 13 April, 2006