Gunmen from Laredo is directed by Wallace MacDonald and written by Clark E. Reynolds.
Is Gunmen From Laredo Shane? No but I enjoyed it.
A man comes back from prison to take revenge on the men who framed him. Along the way he picks up the phoniest-looking Indian "maiden" in recent memory (Lucille Ball dressed herself up as Pocahontas in an episode of "I Love Lucy" and looked more authentic than this girl does) which gets him mixed up in Indian troubles.
As someone who grew up watching B westerns during the 1950's from that point of view not a terribly bad movie. Some of the fight scenes could use a little more realism, but Robert Knapp gave a decent performance.
It's odd that Columbia would be marketing this cheap 60-minutes in the middle of TV's cowboy craze, (1959) . Really, who's going to pay to see something they can get for free on Bonanza or Wagon Train.
Well I've seen my share of bad Westerns like "Cry Blood, Apache" and "Dan Candy's Law", novelty Westerns like "Two Gun Man From Harlem" (all black cast) and "Terror of Tiny Town" (all midget cast), but this one is probably the most surreal and dumb one I've yet to come across. You know the film makers were pushing it when the only player in this movie that I recognized was character actor Don C.
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