In this tight little western which has a complex part John Derek is out to get
his rightful inheritance of the ranch he feels should have been his. Instead
the will lawyer Taylor Holmes drew up left the property to Derek's uncle
Jim Davis. Davis is expecting Catherine McLeod a new bride and the stagecoach
that brings her also brings Derek.
Derek unfortunately hired a bunch of gunmen led by Bob Steele. His hands aren't clean because of that.
Republic Pictures assembled a real good cast of familiar players to support Derek and Davis. Derek wages war on all fronts making a play for McLeod at the same time he's courting Joan Evans who is a neighboring rancher's daughter. Not exactly a move for a cowboy hero.
In its last years Republic was going in for western stories with an adult theme. The Outcast is not a film you would see Gene or Roy in. But it's a good one.
Derek unfortunately hired a bunch of gunmen led by Bob Steele. His hands aren't clean because of that.
Republic Pictures assembled a real good cast of familiar players to support Derek and Davis. Derek wages war on all fronts making a play for McLeod at the same time he's courting Joan Evans who is a neighboring rancher's daughter. Not exactly a move for a cowboy hero.
In its last years Republic was going in for western stories with an adult theme. The Outcast is not a film you would see Gene or Roy in. But it's a good one.