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J. Lovins | Missouri-USA | 02/21/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"VCI Entertainment presents "Tim McCoy Double Feature" (Dolby digitally remastered)...relive those thrilling days from the early '30s and '40s when drama took us down the dusty trails and the plains to exciting adventures....some of the best B-Westerns ever to grace the Saturday Matinee Screen......just remember double thrills, chills, mystery and suspense...hitting the bull's eye with excitement...don't miss any of the Tim McCoy features loaded with action that will leave you wanting more of his B-Western adventures

First up of this double feature from Victory Pictures is "Lightning Bill Carson Rides Again" (1938).(58 min)..Under director Sam Newfield, producer Sam Katzman with original story and screenplay by E.R. O'Dasi...the cast include Tim McCoy ( 'Lightning Bill' Carson, posing as Jose a bandit), Joan Barclay (Sally, Paul Smith's Sweetheart), Ted Adams (Broken'Hand' Gannon ), Bob Terry (Paul Smith, Carson's Nephew ), Jane Keckley (Katherine Smith, Carson's Sister ), Forrest Taylor (gunfight/henchman), Ben Corbett (Shorty/henchman), Karl Hackett (Karl/banker), Frank LaRue (Sheriff Armstrong ), James Flavin ( Justice Department Agent ), Slim Whitaker (Hogan, Saloon Owner), Frank Wayne (Bank Cashier). . . . . . . . our story opens when Bob Terry is set up for a robbery and murder, he is the nephew of our hero Tim Mccoy and completely innocent...Tim is called upon by his sister Jane Keckley to come to their aid and prove Terry is not what it seems...the heroine Joan Barclay suspects he has been framed by the local outlaws in town...how will Lightning Bill Carson (Tim McCoy) approach the situation, can he disguise himself once again as a Mexican badman and get in with the gang...watch our local badmen Ted Adams, Reed Howes and Forrest Taylor try to call McCoy's bluff, you're in for plenty of action with our ten gallon hat friend ...another great film performed by many veteran actors during their heyday of the mid '30s.

The second feature is Gail Pictures "End of the Trail" (1932) (60 min)...Under director D. Ross Lederman, Screenplay by Stuart Anthony, photography by Benjamin Kline, ..the cast include Tim McCoy (Captain Tim Travers), Luana Walter (Luana), Wheeler Oakman (Major Jenkins), Wade Boteler (Sgt. O'Brien), Lafe McKee (Col. Burke), Wally Albright (Jimmy Travers), Chief White Eagle (Chief Grey Bear). . . . . . . .our hero Tim McCoy has someone who wants him out of the Army and is framed for selling weapons to the Indians...Wheeler Oakman was a major villain in past films does his best work in this oater with all booing and hissing in every scene from the audience...Lafe McKee plays the Colonel in charge who has McCoy dishonorably discharged but realizes too late McCoy is innocent...can Tim bring the Army to their senses and gain the post as Indian Agent...well, don't leave the theater you're about to find excitement in the last reel in this over the top sound B-Western...the Native Americans had no better ambassador than Tim McCoy, a former Indian language translator in real life...as Tim McCoy speaks passionately about this country's longtime abuse of its native population by breaking treaty after treaty.
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Special footnote, actor Tim McCoy in real life was a sharpshooter and famed for his fast draw...was an expert on the Old West also an authority on Indian folklore could converse in Indian sign language...McCoy was inducted into the "Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum" in 1973, also inducted into "The Cowboy Hall of Fame" in 1974.

SPECIAL FEATURES:
BIOS:
1. Tim McCoy (aka: Timothy John Fitzgerald McCoy)
Birth Date: 4/10/1891 - Saginaw, Michigan
Died: 1/29/1978 - Nogales, Arizona

Check out other Tim McCoy titles available on VHS & DVD from VCI:
1. ACES AND EIGHTS
2. ARIZONA BOUND
3. ARIZONA GANGBUSTERS
4. BELOW THE BORDER
5. BULLDOG COURAGE
6. CODE OF THE CACTUS
7. END OF THE TRAIL
8. FIGHTING RENEGADE
9. FORBIDDEN TRAILS
10.GHOST PATROL
11.GHOST TOWN LAW
12.GUN CODE
13.GUNMAN FROM BODIE
14.LIGHTNIN' BILL CARSON
15.LIGHTNING CARSON RIDES AGAIN
16.LION'S DEN
17.OUTLAW DEPUTY
18.PHANTOM RANGER
19.ROARIN' GUNS
20.SIX GUN TRAILS
21.STRAIGHT SHOOTER
22.TEXAS WILCATS
23.WEST OF THE LAW

If you crave action, drama and plenty of adventure check out other western double features with Tim McCoy

ROUGH RIDERS WESTERN DOUBLE FEATURES:
1. Vol. 1 - Arizona Bound/Gunman from Bodie (VCI #7241) (DVD)
2. Vol. 2 - Ghost Town Law/Below the Border (VCI #7264) (DVD)
3. Vol. 3 - Forbidden Trails/Down Texas Way (VCI #7274) (DVD)
4. Dawn on the Great Divide (VCI #7219) (DVD)

Ask Amazon.Com to carry the above titles if they are not available as of yet...you can order and pick up your copy now from VCI Entertainment.. why not pick up other copies of Tim McCoy features.

In 1941 the "Rough Riders" series began with Buck as Marshal Buck Roberts, Tim McCoy was Marshal Tim McCall and Raymond Hatton was Marshal Sandy Hopkins for Monogram Pictures:

1. ARIZONA BOUND (Monogram, 1941)
2. THE GUNMAN FROM BODIE (Monogram, 1941)
3. FORBIDDEN TRAILS (Monogram, 1941)
4. BELOW THE BORDER (Monogram, 1942)
5. GHOST TOWN LAW (Monogram, 1942)
6. DOWN TEXAS WAY (Monogram, 1942)
7. RIDERS OF THE WEST (Monogram, 1942)
8. WEST OF THE LAW (Monogram, 1942)

Great job by VCI Entertainment for releasing "Lightning Bill Carson Rides Again (1938) and "End of the Trail" (1932)", the digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print...looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '20s, '30s & '40s and B-Westerns...order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment where there are plenty of copies available on DVD and VHS, stay tuned once again for top notch action mixed with deadly adventure from the "King of Serials" VCI...just the way we like 'em

Total Time: 118 min on DVD/VHS ~ VCI Entertainment #7262~ (3/01/2001)




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