Cyclone Fury

It's the next-to-last year of the Durango Kid episodes, featuring the duo of Charles Starrett and his sidekick, Smiley Burnette, who - along with Merle Travis' Bronco Busters - croons a couple of tunes that barely fit in. The bad guy in this one is Clayton Moore, the soon-to-be TV Lone Ranger, as Grat. His plan includes the killing of the relativeless Brock, who promised to provide horses for the cavalry. Thereafter, Grat's gonna drive the mustangs onto his neighboring property and likely be awarded the NEW government contract, which is necessitated by Brock's death. Halfway through the mercifully-short film, however, we learn that Brock DOES have an heir - an adopted, orphaned Indian boy, on who's behalf Starrett, Burnette and the tribesmen try to beat a deadline for producing the animals. An attempt, I think, to cater to the kiddies, flocking to the Saturday afternoon matinee; therefore, too juvenile for my taste.