Thunder in the Pines

In the familiar sort of story, George Reeves and Ralph Byrd are a couple of loggers competing for Denise Darcel, and for getting a bonus for bringing in their allotment of trees to the mill. Lyle Talbot is the local saloon owner who cheats at everything: cards, on Marion Martin, and on both men's contracts, trying to arrange things so that neither succeeds and he can make a lot of money, including sabotaging their dynamite in such a way that Reeves and Byrd each thik the other did it.

It's a tried and true formula, and the result is all right, even though the studio shots are obvious. Lippert was still ramping up production from a start, so their formula of taking faded stars for their B productions resulted in economies that are obvious on screen. Still, the performers handle their roles with good humor, even if there is mediocre comic relief from Roscoe Ates and Vince Barnett.