Albuquerque
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Barbara Britton, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Lon Chaney Jr., Randolph Scott, Russell Hayden Director: Ray Enright Brand: Universal Studios Cinematographer: Fred Jackman Jr. Editor: Howard A. Smith Producer: William C. Thomas Producer: William H. Pine Writer: Clarence Upson Young Writer: Gene Lewis Writer: Luke Short DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language) Format: Color, DVD, NTSC Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 90 minutes DVD Release Date: 2004-06-01 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Universal Studios |
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Movie Reviews of Albuquerque
Movie Review: Albuquerque
Summary: 4 Stars
Albuquerque is based on the Luke Short novel Dead Freight for Piute. It stars Randolph Scott & Barbara Britton. George "Gabby" Hayes costars in an excellent supporting role.
Cole Armin (Scott) has been summoned by his uncle, John Armin (George Cleveland), to take a job in his freight company. John Armin is less than scrupulous & is attempting to put a competitor out of business. Cole discovers this early & decides to throw in with the competitors, Ted Wallace (Russell Hayden) & his sister Celia Wallace (Catherine Craig). Juke ("Gabby" Hayes) joins up also as a teamster.
The film opens with a stagecoach holdup that's orchestrated by John Armin from behind the scenes. There aren't any valuables on the coach other than the $10,000 that Celia is carrying to further her brother's shipping company. During the holdup a passenger is killed & Cole wounds one of the outlaws. The gun play causes the stage horses to bolt with a young female child aboard. Cole pulls off a daring rescue to save her. This earns him the friendship of her father which will come to play later in the film.
Lon Chaney, Jr. (Steve Murkil) has a supporting role as a henchman for John Armin. There's also the lovely Barbara Britton (Letty Tyler) who is brought into town by John Armin to work undercover at the Wallace & Armin Freight Line. She ends up switching sides also when things start getting out of hand. Of course Cole & Celia fall in love as do Letty & Ted.
The film is directed by veteran "B" Western director Ray Enright who keeps it moving along crisply. The cast is solid as is the script. The only thing annoying is that some of the scenes are done with a filmed background that's way too obvious. Other than that Albuquerque is a great representation of what "B" Westerns are.