Hold your horses and hang on to your hat. Richard Pryor and Fred Williamson are riding into town in the funniest, wildest western this side of the Rio Grande.
They’re the coolest, shrewdest dudes who ever swindled a sheriff or tangled in a bar room brawl. Staying one step ahead of the law, these crazy cowboys ride the reins of the Wild West looking for a good time and a fast buck, and boy do they find it!
From their cheap whisky to their slutty women to their stolen bags of cash, they’re the most outrageous and the most wanted men in the west. So kick up your heels and saddle-up for a rip-roaring good time with Richard Pryor and Fred Williamson, everyones favorite amigos.
Stars: James Brown, Fred Williamson, Richard Pryor, Robert Philips, Mike Henry
Director: Fred Williamson
Rex Lease was studying to be a minister when he was attracted to acting.
Lotta loves April 1st; Daisy Town dreads it because of her April Fools pranks. Luck is summoned to the tent of a visiting Russian prince, and lets Lotta come along. The Prince appoints Luke as his bodyguard and takes great interest in Lotta.
This movie has the romantic Monte Blue playing a spurned lover, who has sworn off women for the rest of his life. Experience the turmoil and pain he goes through when his wife and luck abandons him.
G-Man Dan Doran and the sheriff have to resort to a unique plan to bust the gang that has been holding up the stagecoach. Dan is sent to jail, where he befriends one of the gang’s members and infiltrates the gang after staging a jailbreak. Branscomb, the wily gang lord, blows Dan’s cover and now Dan has to rely on his wit and ingenuity to save himself!
Luke returns from tracking the Daltons to find Daisy Town deserted. He witnesses his own funeral but awakens from this hallucination in the desert, the victim of a snakebite. When the Daltons come upon him, they leave him to die and go on to Daisy Town to run amok.
Hired by some lonely miners to bring them brides from the East, Luke is unaware that one of the women is Jenny, who has escaped from prison and is intent on joining her gang and robbing banks… starting with the one in Purgatory.
The Phantom Express is one of the best classic feature films made about trains in the 30s - a thrilling story of how gangsters try to drive the Southwestern Pacific Railroad off the tracks and out of business by using the most unusual means.
The Success of Director Joseph Kane was closely associated with that of Republic Pictures. Kane worked as a musician and film editor before taking up direction. Gun Smoke Ranch is among his earlier successes as director. Good use of locations, clever dialogues and well placed humor contribute to the success of this early western, in which the Three Mesquiteers foil the attempts of a greedy gangster who is all set to cheat the town’s citizens of their land and their money.