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 ****
Review of Carson City
