The Cariboo Trail

The Cariboo Trail

1/8/1950 1h 21m 6.4/10

Overview

A cattleman fights to establish a ranch in the middle of gold country.

Director

Edwin L. Marin

Top Billed Cast

Victor Jory

Victor Jory

Frank Walsh

George 'Gabby' Hayes

George 'Gabby' Hayes

Grizzly

Randolph Scott

Randolph Scott

Jim Redfern

Douglas Kennedy

Douglas Kennedy

Murphy

Bill Williams

Bill Williams

Mike Evans

Karin Booth

Karin Booth

Francie

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

9/4/2022

6/10

'Gabby" Hayes can always be relied upon to liven things up, and here he comes very much to the rescue of this otherwise rather hum-drum pioneer western adventure. Top billing goes to the rather sterile Randolph Scott ("Redfern") who, with his pals "Evans" (Bill Williams) & "Ling" (Lee Tung Foo) encounter old-timer "Grizzly" as they head into British Colombia with some farming and gold-panning on their minds. They are not there for long, though, before local cattle baron "Walsh" (Victor Jory) and his men stampede their cattle causing "Evans" an injury that costs him his arm - and costs the operating "Redfern" their friendship. Now facing hostility from just about every side, his only hope is to find some gold in them thar hills. Karin Booth provides the occasional, and lively, love interest - a shrinking violet she isn't, and the rest of the narrative follows a well trammelled storyline peppered with the odd gunfight, before quite an exciting head-to-head. Aside from the rather wooden Scott, this features quite a characterful cast with enough action and a minimum of romance and wordy dialogue to pass eighty minutes amongst some fine cinematography (Colorado not BC) enjoyably enough.

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