BLAZING SIXES

US, 1937, 55 minutes, Black and white.
Dick Foran, Helen Valkis, Myra Mc Kinney, Glenn Strange.
Directed by Noel Smith.

Blazing Sixes is a small, Be-budget supporting feature from Warner Brothers in the 1930s.

Dick Foran was a popular singer, signed by Warner Brothers as a star, allowed to sing in this conventional western. He is a pleasant singing star, less convincing as a secret agent.

Gangs are robbing stagecoaches and getting away with gold coins. A seemingly respectable citizen in the town is masterminding a plot where the gold is melted down and sold as bullion.

In the meantime, Federal agents are trying to track down the gang. Dick Foran and Glenn Strange are the two agents undercover, making contact with the boss, trying to get a job and infiltrate and discover the truth.

In the meantime, a young woman and her straightlaced aunt arrive in town as owners of the building where the gold is being melted down. Needless to say, there is a romantic attachment between the leading couple – as well as the aunt becoming very amorous in her dealings with Glenn Strange’s character, Peewee.

There is some excitement, the women being locked up, the criminals discovering the truth, the hero riding to the rescue, getting the women free, and the building going up in an explosion.

Fairly conventional material, a glimpse of the small budget features of the 1930s and their role as supporting features.