Trail to Laredo

1948 "HOT with a gun...TOPS with a tune!"
5.8| 0h54m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 11 August 1948 Released
Producted By: Columbia Pictures
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Filmed at the Providencia Ranch (today's Forrest Lawn in Burbank, CA), this typical "Durango Kid" Western featured the Cass County Boys performing "Go West Young Lady" by Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin, in addition to series regular Smiley Burnette singing his own "It's My Turn" and "The Yodeler. This time, the Durango Kid (Charles Starrett) is chasing down a gang of outlaws shipping stolen gold in crates marked "ring bolts," ably assisted by Smiley, a treasury agent working undercover as a house painter. Virginia Maxey supplies female interest and little Tommy Ivo, in one of his six appearances in the Durango Kid series, also gets in the way of the action.

Genre

Western

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Director

Ray Nazarro

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Harockerce What a beautiful movie!
Matho The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.
Gary The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.
Curt Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.
JohnHowardReid To judge by its longevity, the Durango Kid westerns starring Charles Starrett easily achieve the prize for the most popular western series ever made. I'll admit that towards the end of the trail, both excitement and production values were somewhat less than fans had a right to expect, but this one is definitely a title to seek out and enjoy. Indeed, an excitingly staged saloon brawl with Robert Wilke doing his own stunts – including a spectacular plunge over a table and chair (an obvious double is used for Mr. Starrett in all his more strenuous endeavors) – is excuse enough to add this title to your must-see list. Other action highlights in this lively entry include a couple of chases and a shoot-out with a careering wagon charging through the sheriff's posse, a jail break, a murder and a kidnapping. In addition to the creditable stunt-work, Nazzaro's direction is brisk and shows more traces of style than usual, making liberal use of panning and tracking shots. Film editing is extremely sharp – in fact some fans might say the editing's even too sharp as it often cuts too quickly away from tracking-in shots when those shots have barely commenced. Nevertheless, this stratagem certainly makes for pace. The songs in this one are pleasant enough, but unmemorable. Most of them are put across by Miss Virginia Maxey, who has very little else to do, alas. (This was the first of her only four movie appearances, all in 1948). Photography is adept and production values good.
alexandre michel liberman (tmwest) This film starts with a narrator saying that you can tell a person by who his friends are, he might be a good person (the screen shows a bunch of good guys) or a bad person (a lot of bad guys) but what can you say about the Durango Kid who is always alone? (the screen shows the Durango Kid in his white horse). Those Charles Starrett-Durango Kid B westerns used to be the most original and enjoyable of the late forties. They always played with the idea that the Kid could be against the law. Smiley Burnette is the comic side kick who keeps trying to be funny, and really does not achieve it, but he is a likeable guy anyhow. There are some good musical numbers and the director Ray Nazarro made some quite good westerns later on.