
Dynamite Canyon
Seen it?1941 | 58 min | Western
Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Right up the alley of history and war-film fans and western fans. It puts you in the middle of the fighting, and doesn't let you forget the cost.
- The mood
- Easygoing.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 58 min. An easy one to fit in on a school night.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1941: an older pace and style.
In this western, the bad guy kills a rancher and a Texas ranger so that the location of a copper mine will remain a secret. Another ranger goes undercover to catch the outlaw. The killer hires him. His assignment is to create trouble for the late rancher's daughter who has taken over the land. He cons her into to giving him the deed for the ranch. He takes it to the outlaw, but first he stops to warn the other rangers.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 324 people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Robert Emmett Tansey
- Tom KeeneTom Evans
- Sugar DawnSugar Gray
- Slim AndrewsSlim
- Evelyn FinleyMidge Reed
- Stanley PriceDuke Rand
- Kenne DuncanRod
- Gene AlsaceRegan
- Tom LondonCaptain Gray
- Fred HooseColonel Blake
- Rusty the HorseRusty the Horse