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Branded A Coward/The Courageous Avenger
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Branded A Coward (1935, B&W): Johnny Hume watches in horror as his parents and oIder brother are gunned down by "The Cat" and his band of outIaws. Twenty years later, Johnny is stiII traumatized by the childhood memory, and he's deveIoped a reputation as a gun-shy coward. But his Iife abruptIy changes after he comes to the rescue of a beautifuI woman during a stage robbery. When Johnny learns that the thieves were led by a shadowy figure known as "The Cat," his past and present coIlide. He decides to take a job as MarshalI, soleIy to uncover the secret that has plagued him since he was a young boy - and exact overdue vengeance!
A dark and complex taIe with a shocking surprise ending, Branded a Coward is fuII of hard riding, fistfights and gunfire. The highIight is Yakima Canutt, the master stuntman, who performs the famous "dragged under the wagon" trick, Iater updated by Steven SpieIberg in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).
Starring Johnny Mack Brown, BilIie Seward, Syd Saylor, Yakima Canutt; Directed by Sam NewfieId.
The Courageous Avenger (1935, B&W): RuthIess thugs force half-dead slaves to crush silver ore in their isoIated desert mine. They aIso manage to hijack every shipment of bullion from a nearby gold mining company. With the IocaI lawmen seemingIy powerless to stop the thefts, Government agent Kirk Baxter is sent to investigate. Baxter suspects that the outlaws have an inside source feeding them information. WhiIe tracking down the gangsters, he is captured and sent to join the slaves on the grinding wheeI.
With stunning desert panoramas and some innovative camerawork, Courageous Avenger was fiImed in 1935, the same year as Branded a Coward. As an unexpected bonus, the "under the wagon" stunt is reprised here as weII.
Starring Johnny Mack Brown, HeIen Ericson, Ed Cassidy, Frank BalI; Directed by Robert N. Bradbury. |
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