Train to Tombstone

Don Barry was a very talented actor, and an excellent director in his one effort at the helm. But apparently he just didn't have much luck.

Not much was required of him in this obviously very low-budget film, but he tried his best. He was surrounded by some other little-known but capable actors.

Alas, no one paid enough attention to the final cut. For example, one shot of "Indians" riding toward where they were planning depredations is used twice! Such a recognizable shot is re-used within moments of its first appearance! Inexcusable!

"Indians" and fake "Indians" -- I use the word in quotation marks because the aboriginal peoples of North America were and are not from India -- are chasing the rolling train, and wide shots show the attackers only behind the train, but the people inside are shooting only out the sides!

I do hope that editor was never allowed inside another studio.

One person who is shot, is about to fall over but manages to shoot his assailant before falling to the floor then lying there, apparently dead or at least unconscious while the train, with no one at the controls, continues rolling down the track.

When someone comes to try to take over the controls, he approached the man lying on the floor, who then jumps right up, all eager to get back to work.

Even for Lippert, this is a pretty bad production. But I'm still a fan of Don Barry, and I'll watch anything he is in. But maybe not twice.