Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

Unlimitedia Sick Product of a Sick System

Kidskycom It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

Bergorks If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

moonspinner55 Due to a rash of stagecoach robberies dogging the area, itinerant engineer Randolph Scott is enlisted to head up construction of a railroad between Carson City and Virginia City, Nevada; naturally, the financiers of the stagecoach line are against the project, particularly the men anonymously responsible for the robberies! Typical western vehicle for amiable, strong-jawed Scott, shot in muddy color and with a by-the-numbers group of villains. Director André De Toth does manage to get things off to a solid start: the bandits treat their weary travelers to champagne and fine dining, while a curious love-triangle develops between Scott, half-brother Richard Webb, and publisher's daughter Lucille Norman, who's always in the way. The explosions and crashes look good, but the proverbial showdown offers nothing new. *1/2 from ****

bkoganbing Carson City has the distinction of two real western characters hiring the fictional character played by Randolph Scott to build a railroad from Virginia City to Carson City. William Sharon(Larry Keating) is getting very tired of having his gold shipments held up by a gang of bandits who also cater when they do a holdup. Sharon approaches banker Charles Crocker(Thurston Hall)who also is a big wheel in the Central Pacific railroad to build a spur line so he can ship by railroad.Of course the railroad has its opponents in Carson City and quite subtly mine owner Raymond Massey is heading the opposition. Because Massey doesn't have a working mine, he does it the easy way, he robs the gold from the other guys and then ships it as his own.Massey's the brains behind those bandit/caterers. His bandits holdup the stagecoach have the passengers removed and then show them to a picnic lunch topped off by a magnum of champagne. The other passengers don't care when the rich Larry Keating gets robbed and aren't too helpful to the law. It's unique in westerns I have to say, but it's also kind of silly, the sort of stuff you might see in a western from Roy Rogers or Gene Autry, but not Randolph Scott.Starting out with such a silly premise it was hard for me to get really into Carson City, even after it turned deadly serious with Massey trying to stop the railroad in any way he can. Randolph Scott had a unique leading lady here, radio singer Lucille Norman who sings not a note. That's a pity because the woman had a wonderful soprano. I have an album she did with Gordon MacRae of the score from The Desert Song. Lucille is the daughter of Carson City Clarion editor Don Beddoe who gets murdered by Massey when his suspicions are aroused. Lucille is also got Scott's half brother Richard Webb, TV and radio's Captain Midnight as a rival suitor and opponent of the railroad. Randy's got all kinds of personal problems for taking on this job.Carson City is also badly edited. There were a few things that were left in the air that I'm sure wound up on the cutting room floor.Randolph Scott's legion of fans will like Carson City, but it's far from his best work.

classicsoncall "Carson City" is not your standard Western fare. Randolph Scott portrays engineer Jeff Kincaid, back in Nevada from a job in Panama and looking more or less for some action. When he learns of a businessman's plans to build a railroad leg through mountainous territory between Virginia City and Carson City, he fairly jumps at the opportunity to ramrod the project.There are opposing forces to the railroad in town, not the least of which is Carson City Clarion owner and publisher Zeke Mitchell (Don Beddoe). When Mitchell winds up murdered, the suspicion falls on Kincaid and his crew. Adding to the dramatic tension is Kincaid's relationship with his half brother Alan (Richard Webb), whose fiancé Susan (Lucille Norman) is Mitchell's daughter. She was only sixteen years old when she last saw Jeff Kincaid, and now that he's back in town, an early crush is about to develop into a wedge between the two brothers.The part of the crooked businessman is handled by Raymond Massey as Big Jack Davis, gang leader of the "Champagne Bandits", whose opposition to the railroad lasts long enough to plan a last big score of gold bullion on the train's maiden run between the two Nevada cities. By this time, Kincaid and his men have been rescued from a landslide that trapped them in tunnel one of their railroad project, with Kincaid beginning to uncover Davis' hand in the plot to rob the train. It's all wrapped up pretty neatly by film's end, with Randolph Scott even getting the girl, more of a feel good ending as there was really no romantic relationship to speak of in the film.For trivia buffs, this was the first Warner Brothers film to be produced in the Warner Color format. The rendition was good in the print I viewed, and shows off nicely Randolph Scott's rather frequent change of outfits which is characteristic for his films, highlighted by the signature all black outfit in the middle of the story.

Tony Rome This film is a good Saturday afternoon western. Randolph Scott attempts to build a railroad between Carson City, and Virginia City. He must battle with an assortment of evil men, his own workers, and his step brother. I give this western an 8 out of 10 for its story, and its action.