Wyoming Renegades (1955)

Philip Carey is Brady Sutton, who returns to the town of Broken Bow after a stint in jail with every intention of going straight. A former member of the Butch Cassidy gang, his girlfriend (Martha Hyer as Nancy Warren) welcomes him back with open arms.

The rest of the town isn’t so forgiving. When the Cassidy gang sets its sight on a gold shipment being held at the town bank, Sutton issues a warning to the authorities, hoping to win their confidence.

But the outlaws are aware of the plan to hide the gold in the jail, and the town leaders figure Sutton tipped them off. He’s forced to flee with partner blacksmithing partner Charlie Veer (Douglas Kennedy)

Soon, they’re entangled with the Cassidy gang. Nancy winds up a captive of the gang as well when she’s aboard a train they try to rob. But the gang is having a heck of a time getting its hands on that gold shipment. So they all head back to Broken Bow.

Rating 2 of 6Review:

Kennedy’s character provides a couple of interesting plot twists, and Carey turns in a decent performance in the lead role. “I’m not bringing trouble. I’m not asking for any. I’m just starting over. Clean. And paid up,” he tells the sheriff as he rides back into Broken Bow. Problem is, the film’s final twist is a little too absurd to work.

One of several mid-50s Westerns for the pretty Hyer. Aaron Spelling, later the producer of many a TV hit, has a minor role as a member of the outlaw gang.

Philip Carey as Brady Sutton and Martha Hyer as Nancy Warren in Wyoming Renegades (1955)Directed by:
Fred F. Sears

Cast:
Philip Carey … Brady Sutton
Martha Hyer … Nancy Warren
Gene Evans … Butch Cassidy
William Bishop … Sundance Kid
Douglas Kennedy … Charlie Veer
Roy Roberts … Sheriff McVey
Don Beddoe … Banker Horace Warren

Runtime: 73 min.

Memorable lines:

Sheriff: “Nobody wants you to stay.”
Brady Sutton: “I paid for my mistakes. I’m going to start all over, right here. I mean to go straight. Just like an ax goes dull; you can sharpen it again.”
Sheriff: “If it’s good steel.”

Charie Veer: “Look, Brady, some men are born preachers, some doctors, some are no good. I guess that’s me.”

Nancy Warren, as she delivers four horses to be shoed: “I told Mr. Traymore up at the North 40 there wasn’t a better blacksmith shop west of the Mississippi than Sutton and Veer. First, all he could do was shake his head the wrong way. But I talked so much, I finally wore him out.”

Butch Cassidy: “You’d better be right.”
Charlie Veer: “If I ain’t, you know where to put a bullet.”
Butch: “Right in your head, and that’s a promise.”

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