Sierra Passage (1951) on DVD

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There’s no business like minstrel-show business as Wayne Morris headlines his first Monogram Western; In Sierra Passage; he plays sharpshooter Johnny Yorke; adopted by a traveling troupe of entertainers led by impresario Thad Kring (Lloyd Corrigan) and trick-shot Sam Cooper (Roland Winters) after his father is gunned down by robbers; Haunted by the memory of the gang leader (Alan Hale; Jr;) with a distinctive laugh and a gaudy ring on a stub finger; Johnny spends his offstage hours tracking the bad men’s whereabouts; Even the addition of a lovely; romance-minded singer (Lola Albright) to the bill doesn’t blunt his vengeful obsession; which compels him to leave the show; But Johnny’s eventual stage return unexpectedly triggers a showdown 12 years in the making; With the story’s theatrical setting; veteran Monogram music director Edward J; Kay ups his game with a score mixing traditional melodies and three new songs in jaunty period arrangements; Give Sierra Passage a shot; and this dandy mix of sagebrush and show folk will hit its mark;