Lory R. (melikedvd) from RICHMOND, CA
Reviewed on 6/12/2022...
I have some good and bad news about this collection. First, the good news. The transfer quality is much better than you'd expect on a collection of PRC "B" westerns put out by Echo Bridge. Excellent contrast and overall great film pre-prints were used. I doubt you could ever find better copies of any of the 12 films included.
Now for the bad news. There are 12 movies included in this collection, or are there? Truth is at least 5 on the second disc of the 12 are really re-releases of the same movies that were on the first disc. Seems director/producer Don Armond was the Ed Wood of Poverty Row westerns. "B" westerns were always known for using the same storylines over & over, but he took it even further by literally using earlier films he shot and just adding a couple of days' worth of new footage to slightly change the plot enough to change the titles and call them a new movie. Since he almost always only used his stock players in support of Lash & Fuzzy, it was easy to re-cut them. I found it fun to try and figure out what was old and what was new in the later films.
The only real bad news is the one with the highest production values, "The Dalton's Women" is not complete. It's missing a reel (about 10 min.) from the middle of the movie. There's a very noticeable jump in the story at that point. Also, most of the 12 are the trimmed (54 min) versions made for TV release. That actually probably made them better.
So, I say if you're a fan of Lash LaRue or Fuzzy or campy cheap westerns, this is the set for you.
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