The Carson City Kid

Hard not to love a movie with a 57 minute run time. It’s cute and endearing and will blend together in my memory with hundreds of other generic westerns. There’s some fun mistaken identity stuff though the ending feels a bit rushed.

Roy Rogers as The Carson City Kid (1940). What make this one stand out is that it's a rare western where Bob Steele the bad guy! Made for a decent entry in the Rogers series, but most of all the disappointment at a chance lost. Could have made use of the Steele angle a lot better once they talked him into changing sides. He was a good baddie in Of Mice and Men (1939), so they could have done a more convincing job of it home in the west.