Visitors Review

jetan (2012-05-23 08:19)

Good One.

This probably doesn't deserve the "B Movie" sobriquet. The productionvalues are pretty high and it is quite heavy on the movie stars. Thislooks to me like it would have taken the A spot on a bill. Dix is goodbut Victor Jory nearly steals the show. The high point is likely one ofthe most over-the-top barroom brawls I've ever seen on celluloid. Thescript is also fine, although nothing too original. The low point inthe movie....aside from a really unfortunate racial caricature.... isprobably represented by a really ghastly World War II style showgirlroutine based around "When Johnny Comes Marching Home". All in all, asatisfying show.

kidboots (2012-05-22 13:13)

Richard Dix is the best!!!!!

Richard Dix was such a versatile actor and while he could play anything(he even started a series based on "The Whistler" a few years before hedied) I think it was Westerns that he was best suited to. "The Kansan"was his last western and the supporting cast reads like a HollywoodWho's Who - Albert Dekker, Eugene Palette, Victor Jory, RobertArmstrong, Willie Best. It might not be from a big studio but the castis tops!!!John Bonneville wakes up in hospital, not knowing what has happened tohim. He has been made Marshall because he stopped the James Gang fromrobbing the town bank. He was just passing through and is not too keenon being made a Marshall. Most of the town are eager for him to have ago, especially Eleanor (Jane Wyatt, looking very fetching) who not onlynurses him in hospital but also runs the town hotel.Sheriff Steve Barat (Albert Dekker from "Dr. Cyclops") has bought up alot of land and is charging huge fees for people wanting to use theroads. When Bonneville's old friend, Tom Waggoner (Eugene Palette) askshim to help get his cattle across, John realises the Sheriff isn't ashonest as he thought. He also realises why he was made a Marshall - sohe could be just a pawn in the Marshall's scheme. There is a fight inthe saloon that is action packed and very realistic. When the twobandits who caused the fight, are released from jail on bail, Waggoneris killed. The Sheriff, who put up the bail plans to ship the bailmoney to Kansas, with his brother's help. Victor Jory plays Jeff andeven though he is at first eager to help his brother (he has gamblingdebts) he ends up on the right side of the law. His death saves thetown.Robert Armstrong plays Malachy a bandit who helps John and Willie Bestplays "Bones" in yet another humiliating depiction of a black man.Recommended.