Harockerce What a beautiful movie!

Matcollis This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

Supelice Dreadfully Boring

Asad Almond A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

bsmith5552 "Streets of Ghost Town" is another in the Durango Kid series starring Charles Starrett and Smiley Burnette. If you haven't seen earlier entries in the series, you might enjoy this one. It's told mostly in flashbacks and uses generous amounts of stock footage in the telling. Much of the back story including a land rush, cattle stampede and horse stampede come from earlier films.Steve Woods (Starrett), Smiley and the Sheriff of Dusty Creek (Stanley Andrews) arrive in the ghost town of Shadeville in search of a lost treasure hidden by outlaw Bill Donner (George Chesebro) years before. Outlaw Bart Selby (Frank Fenton) whom Donner and his partner Wicks (John Cason) had doubled crossed also seeks the loot. Donner after years running with a gang which included Bob Kortman , is arrested and sent to prison.Donner escapes prison but is captured by Selby's gang and is blinded. He then goes into hiding in the ghost town with only his young grandson Tommy (Don Reynolds) to help him. Grand Daughter Doris (Mary Ellen Kay) also has an interest. Tommy makes an important discovery. Selby arrives on the scene as does Durango and.......................................................................It was nice to see grizzled old veteran George Chesebro given a major role for a change even though most of his part was in the stock footage. Fenton didn't make a very convincing gang leader. Mary Ellen Kay was totally wasted in her brief role. Starrett has little to do except story tell and show up as Durango at the end to round up the bad guys. The Colorado Rangers singing group provide the entertainment along with Smiley.Did you ever wonder how Smiley never knew Durango's identity even though he was always close pal with the Steve character?

calvinnme ... and that's the case here. The story is told mainly in flashback as The Durango Kid (Charles Starrett) recounts the tale of a stolen stash of gold known only to blind outlaw Bill Donner and a child in which Donner confided, but is desired by outlaw Frank Fenton. The "ghost town" was once a thriving place, but Fenton ran everyone out of town by terrorizing the settlers, all so he could have the place to himself and eventually find the gold. There are lots of good action shots in this film mainly because about two thirds of the film is stock footage from past Durango Kid westerns. Only the ending shots and the scenes where Durango is recounting the tale are new footage. There are some macabre elements here you don't normally see in these westerns, such as outlaw Bill Donner locking his partners in the hidden vault with the gold and leaving them, now two of the richest men in the world, to die in a grave of gold. In another scene Donner is captured by Fenton's gang and then returns blinded. It is not clear whether Donner blinded himself so he could not be forced to divulge the location of the loot, or if Fenton did it out of meanness, and in this case, stupidity. If you haven't seen the past Durango Kid westerns and therefore recognize all of the stock footage, and you like westerns in general, you should like this one.

Michael_Elliott Streets of Ghost Town (1950) *** (out of 4) Surprisenly good, if very cheap, "B" Western from Columbia has Steve Woods (Charles Starrett) arriving in a ghost town where we hear about a legend involving a hidden treasure. It turns out that the only person who knows where the treasure is is currently blind, in jail and isn't telling his secret. This entry in the studio's Durango Kid series is actually the best I've seen for a couple reasons. For starters, this entry dabbles in quite a few horror elements including the heroes messing around with a skull early on and there are other elements including how dark some of the material is. Another thing that keeps this one entertaining is that all sorts of stock footage is used and I found it rather fun seeing how they used it for the story. This includes a rather amazing looking cattle stampede, which was perhaps the highlight of this film (I'm not sure which film it was originally in). Starrett seems to be a bit more energized here in the dual role but he also serves a third part as the narrator. Smiley Burnette is added here and manages to bring quite a few laughs including one sequence where he gets tired of his horse not doing what he says so he decides to just run himself. STREETS OF GHOST TOWN isn't going to remind you of John Ford but it's goal wasn't to be a classic. It was meant to be entertaining and I think it does just that.

JDouglasJ_1 This is a classic western comedy. It was my first time seeing Smiley Burnettin an old western movie. He does such a great job acting and singing that I laughed many times throughout the movie. Yes, the same Smiley that was in Petticoat Junction and Green Acres. A must see for Western fans! The narration sounds a little hokey sometimes, but considering its 1950 I can understand that. The plot is great for the genre by using a Ghost town. Charles Starrett is the Durango Kid and always gives hero's a good name. I saw this in 2007 and it was just as fresh as when it was made. I highly recommend this film if you enjoy good fun, clean dialog and traditional morals.