Rating: - "The King of B-Westerns & Serials...VCI Entertainment ~ Law and Order (1940)"
VCI Entertainment and Universal Pictures present "Law and Order" (1940) (digitally remastered), long running Johnny Mack Brown series turned out in the early '40s...the story line opens with a stagecoach ride and our hero Johnny Mack Brown, Fuzzy Knight and James Craig arrive in the lawless town of Rhyolite...can the Daggett Brothers Harry Cording, Ted Adams and Ethan Laidlaw keep their iron clad hold on the town...will Nell O'Day once again save the day in this Johnny Mack Brown adventure...some great songs featuring Jimmie Dodd and Fuzzy Knight, who keep the B-Western fans entertained with their musical routines...when cornered Johnny Mack gets his dander up and things begin to happen, the villains and badmen start running for the hills...this is one of his best, so saddle up and enjoy.

Under director Ray Taylor, screenplay by Sherman Lowe and Victor McLeod, based on a novel by W.R. Burnett, musical director H. J. Salter...the cast include Johnny Mack Brown (Bill Ralston), Fuzzy Knight (Deadwood), Nell O'Day (Sally Dixon), James Craig (Brant), Harry Cording (Poe Daggett), Earle Hodgins (Sheriff Fin Elder), Robert Fiske (Ed Deal), James Dodd (James Dixon), William Worthington (Judge Williams), Ted Adams (Walt Daggett), Ethan Laidlaw (Kurt Daggett), George Plues (Stage driver), Harry Humphrey (Cal Dixon), Kermit Maynard (henchman), Bob Kortman (Pete/henchman).........special footnote, Fuzzy Knight was the sidekick with his comical ways in many B-Westerns in the '30s & '40s with Johnny Mack Brown and Tex Ritter, finally landing a co-starring role with Buster Crabbe on the small tube in the TV series "Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion" (1955) as Private Fuzzy Knight........another special footnote, actor James Craig first appeared in "The Big Broadcast" (1932), "Hell Town" (1937), "Fighting G-Men" (1938/Serial), "Kitty Foyle" (1940), "Winners of the West" (1940/Serial), "The Devil and Daniel Webster" (1941), "Freedom Comes High" (1943), "Our Vines Have Tender Grapes" (1945)...Craig's good looks and his resemblance to Clark Gable gave him an edge........meanwhile this is an exciting Johnny Mack Brown western provided by Universal Pictures during their heyday of the early '40s.

SPECIAL FEATURES:
BIOS:
1. Johnny Mack Brown
Birth Date: 9/01/1904 - Dothan, Alabama
Died: 11/14/1974 - Woodland Hills, California (cardiac condition)
2. Nell O'Day
Birth Date: 9/22/1909 - Prairie Hill, Texas
Died: Los Angeles, California
3.. Fuzzy Knight (aka John Forest Knight)
Birth Date: 5/09/1901 - Fairmont, WV
Died: 2/23/1976 - Hollywood, CA.
4. James Craig (aka James Henry Meador)
Birth Date: 2/04/1912 - Nashville, TN
Died: 6/29/1985 - Santa Ana, California (lung cancer)
5. Ray Taylor (director)
Birth Date: 12/01/1888 - Perham, Minnesota
Died: 2/15/1952 - Hollywood, CA

If you crave action, drama and plenty of adventure check out other western double features by Johnny Mack Brown:

JOHNNY MACK BROWN WESTERN DOUBLE FEATURES:
1. Raiders of San Joaquin/Law of the Range (VCI #7226)
2. Pony Post/Ragtime Cowboy Joe (VCI #7238)
3. Brand A Coward/Rogue of the Range (VCI #7244)
4. Guns in the Dark/Partner of the Trail (VCI $7260)
5. Bar Z Bad Men/Between Men (VCI #7282)

Ask Amazon.Com to carry the above five titles as they are not available on Amazon as of yet...you can order and pick up your copy now from VCI Entertainment...if you enjoyed "Law and Order" (1940), why not pick up other copies of Johnny Mack Brown Double Features.

Bobby J. Copeland's book on "Johnny Mack Brown: Up Close & Personal" is chuck full of answers to all the questions his fans had from early on...when you went to see him on the big screen, you got exactly what the marquee said...plenty of thrills, adventure and loaded with action...Johnny Mack was a natural for the western, his riding abilities and fight scenes were of the the same caliber as Buck Jones and Bob Steele...Johnny Mack sets the saddle better than Duke Wayne...seems Johnny got better with the more films he made and the scripts were always top notch...he was one of the best-liked people in films, what you saw on the screen is what he really was, a great human being...pickup your copy from Amazon or Empire Publishing both have this in stock.

Great job by VCI Entertainment for releasing the digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print...looking forward to more of the same from the '30s & '40s vintage...order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment, stay tuned once again with a top notch B-Western from VCI...just the way we like 'em!

Total Time: 57 min on VHS ~ VCI Entertainment #1327 ~ (12/03/2002)

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