Prairie Rustlers
Prairie Rustlers
| 07 November 1945 (USA)
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Billy Carson is accused of the crimes committed by his dead-ringer, outlaw cousin Jim Slade, and barely escapes a lynching. With the aid of his pal Fuzzy Jones, Billy catches up with his cousin and clears his own name.

Reviews
Stometer Save your money for something good and enjoyable
Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
Staci Frederick Blistering performances.
classicsoncall Buster Crabbe does double duty in this B Western flick, portraying his regular character of the series, Billy Carson, as well as outlaw cousin Jim Slade who's out of jail and heading up his old gang again. Crabbe also does something I haven't seen in one of his Westerns before, and that's showing off his physique in a couple of beefcake scenes where he switches clothes with his cousin. You know, when they showed Carson and Slade together in profile, their upper torsos didn't look the same, and that left me a little curious as to whether they used a stand-in for those scenes.So with Al St. John around as sidekick Fuzzy Jones, you never know what to expect. The gimmick this time, besides his being sworn in as sheriff to replace the one killed by Slade's gang, has to do with a new fangled contraption Fuzzy wins in a raffle. I don't know how he did it, but Fuzzy wheels his way around the saloon on a bicycle without taking anyone out. It was entertaining enough where they brought him back a second time and he did some incredible stunts while riding backwards and on one wheel. I can only imagine what he would have been able to do on a skateboard today.Sometimes in these character double pictures it tends to get confusing but this time around it's easy enough to keep Carson and his evil cousin in perspective. Maybe not so easy for the players though, as rancher Helen Foster (Evelyn Finley) thinks Carson really IS one of the bad guys. Not to worry, things get sorted out well enough by the time it's over. Besides the doppelganger for Crabbe, Kermit Maynard and I. Stanford Jolley are on hand as additional reliable villains, and you'll have to stick around for Fuzzy's clever ruse to promote Billy Carson to the new sheriff in town.