This series Western from RKO has the courage to laugh at the genre, a feat it pulls off quite effectively thanks to Harold Shumate's witty script and Tom Keene's performance in the lead. At the time, Keene, perhaps better known for such independent classics as Our Daily Bread (1934) and Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959), was the studio's resident B Western star. But instead of playing a sheriff or heroic cowhand, this time around he's a movie star whose company is having trouble shooting their latest Western. After several attempts to film near Hollywood - which allows for cameos by such stars as Joel McCrea and Myrna Loy, playing themselves - they find a remote ranch whose owner, Dorothy Williams, desperately needs the location fees. Between scenes, Keene discovers the reasons for the ranch's problems. Ranch hand Roscoe Ates is too busy writing film scripts to tend to his job, while foreman Lon Chaney, Jr. (still being billed as Creighton Chaney) is plotting to steal the ranch for a crooked banker. Keene has to draw upon all his skills as a filmmaker to save the day.

By Frank Miller