Dynamite Canyon (Monogram) (1941)

Western Drama Brings Action and Thrills (Review) A swiftly moving story and thrill-+ “s ing action mark “Dynamite Canyon,’ Monogram’s Western drama which opened last night at the Theatre, with Tom Keene in the starring role. Told before the beautiful scenery of the Far West, this exciting screenplay maintains the interest at fever pitch, and qualifies as one of the season’s most interesting Western pictures. As the story opens Duke Rand, leader of a band of desperadoes, kills John Reed, owner of a large ranch, and Colonel Blake, a member of the Rangers, hoping to gain possession of the ranch and the copper deposit which makes it highly valuable. Midge, the rancher’s daughter, is left in possession of the property. Suspecting Rand, the Rangers assign Tom Evans, a member of the organization, to trap the desperado. Evans succeeds in joining the band, and is sent by Rand to pave the way for the theft of the ranch. Gaining Midge’s confidence, he apparently is about to turn over the property to Rand when a troop of Rangers appears on the scene, and a running battle brings the picture to a thrilling conclusion. Tom Keene is a dashing hero in the role ofthe avenging Ranger, The Cast ROMMEVaNs he ce on a TOM KEENE Midge Reed................ EVELYN FINLEY Sugar Grey2e SUGAR DAWN Slits ote eee SLIM ANDREWS Duket23 eee! STANLEY PRICE ROG seo oie tele i ene KEN DUNCAN Capt) Grey oe GENE ALSACE Col Blakeucs eee FRED HOOSE Rusty, The Wonder Horse and Evelyn Finley is an attractive foil in the role of the rancher’s daughter. Other members of the big cast are Stanley Price, Sugar Dawn, Slim Andrews, Ken Duncan, Tom London, Gene Alsace and Fred Hoose. Director Robert Tansey has kept the story moving at a swift pace. GIRL EQUESTRIENNE Tom Keene, recognized as one of the hardest-riding Western stars in motion pictures is authority for the statement that ten-year-old Sugar Dawn is the most expert rider for her age he has ever seen. Little Miss Dawn is now appearing with Keene at the Theatre in “Dynamite Canyon.” | TROUBLE IN “DYNAMITE CANYON” | Tom Keene as an Arizona Ranger gets the drop on outlaw Stanley Price in “Dynamite Canyon,” thrilling story of marauders of the copper coun try, opening | (aint fee Nest: Aaa AL y i base cies ApaimClagl sree Wo ule ele COT da RS Re Ss um itl (re < tis . > be eet Rae at the Two Col. Cut or Mat No. 15 Theatre. “Dynamite Canyon,” new Monogram Western thriller coming to the Theatre next stars popular Tom Keene in a smashing action role. One Col. Cut or Mat No. 1 Credits Produced and Directed by ROBERT TANSEY Original Story and Screenplay by ROBERT EMMETT and FRANCES KAVANAUGH Photographed by JACK R. YOUNG Film Editor Sound Engineer FRED BAIN CLIFF RUBERG Asst. Director, C. A. BEUTE Some of the West’s most magnificent scenery forms the background for “Dynamite Canyon,’ Monogram’s exciting Western drama which comes to the Theatre Ok ec ge » with Tom Keene in the starring role. As a result of long trips off the beaten path by studio location scouts, picturesque areas never before shown on the motion picture screen were brought into use, and this factor adds greatly to the enjoyment of the picture. It is a fact that, through repeated employment for film settings, many locations in Southern California The Story (Not for Publication) Duke Rand, leader of a gang of desperadoes, has murdered John Reed, owner of a big ranch, and Colonel Blake, member of the Rangers, the only two men beside himself who knew that there was -|a copper deposit on Reed’s ranch. Rand is suspected, and Ranger Tom Evans, posing as a desperado named :|Trigger” Jones, joins the band to track down the criminal. Rand, unsuspecting, delegates Tom to make trouble at the Reed ranch, _|now run by his daughter, Midge. | Discovering that there is copper on the property, Tom induces Midge to give him a bill of sale to the ranch, and takes it to Rand’s office, after first notifying the Rangers to be on hand for expected developments. Meantime he has managed to get a map of the copper deposit from Rand’s safe. Midge, mistrusting Tom, follows him and sees him transfer the bill of sale | to Rand for $10,000, and tells the outlaw that Tom has stolen the map. Tom is recognized as a member of the Rangers, and Rand goes out to dynamite the other Rangers as they come through a pass leading to his hideout. Tom’s horse, Rusty, manages to free him, and he and the other Rangers capture Rand and his entire gang. SCENERY ADDS INTEREST TO NEW WESTERN FILM have become as familiar to residents of all parts of the country as they are to Hollywood citizens, and for this reason there is a constant demand on the part of producers for virgin territory. On many occasions motion picture companies travel hundreds of miles from the film capital in order to utilize unfamiliar backgrounds. In “Dynamite Canyon,” which tells a thrilling story of a company of Rangers and a band of desperadoes battling on opposite sides of the law, Tom Keene is supported by a company which includes Evelyn | Finley, Sugar Dawn, Stanley Price.