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Buck Jones Double Feature: Sunset of Power/Outlawed Guns (Alpha) (1936)
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Sunset of Power
Cattle baron Neil Brannum's herd is being rustled from under his nose by his own ranch foreman, Page Cothran. The thief plans to add insult to in jury by marrying Brannum's granddaughter and inheriting the ranch completely. The only obstacle to this criminal scheme is ranch hand Cliff Lea, who suspects that the cattle rustling is an inside job.
One of the most famous of all Hollywood cowboys, Buck Jones saw action in Mexico and the Philippines with the US Cavalry and, upon discharge, performed as a rider for Wild West shows and circuses. Jones starred in scores of westerns during the 1920s and '30s and in 1941 was signed by monogram to with Tim McCoy in the Rough Rider series. During a Boston War Bonds tour in December, 1942, Jones' life came to a tragic end when he perished in the Coconut Grove nightclub fire.
Outlawed Guns
Unable to settle a gambling debt with outlaw Jack Keeler, cattleman Buck Rivers' hotshot younger brother, Babe, hands their herd over to Keeler's men and then impulsively joins them. Following a stage coach hold-up, the double crossing mob boss takes the money for himself and send the law after his own gang. When Babe is captured and threatened with a lynching, Buck must battle both the law and the lawless to rescue his brother.
A former assistant director to John Ford at Fox, director Ray Taylor became noted for his riveting movies serials during the 1930s and '40s. Saturday matinee audiences thrilled to the Taylor-helmed adventures The Return of Chandu (1934), The Phantom Rider (1936), Dick Tracy (1937), The Spider's Web (1938), Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940), Riders of Death Valley (1941) and Gang Busters (1942), among many others.
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