Storyline

Sent to ferret out the criminal masterminds behind a profitable counterfeiting operation near the Mexican/Arizona border, the government agent and excellent sharpshooter, John Wyatt, goes undercover. Posing as John Rogers, Wyatt joins Doc Carter's travelling medicine show to find the dangerous gang whose boss is stone-cold Curly Joe Gale. But, on the Mexican side of the border, Wyatt approaches the captain of the Rurales to see if they can arrest Gale; however, two Mexican policemen arrest John instead. Can John Wyatt clear his name in time to protect Doc and his beautiful daughter, Linda, and bring the ruthless counterfeiter to justice?—Nick Riganas

Plot Keywords

government agent, counterfeiter, ex-convict, daughter, sheriff, singer, melodramatic, suspenseful, thrilling, small town, wilderness, drugstore, arizona, new mexico, investigation, traveling performers, counterfeit money, doomed romance, undercover operations, pursuit, quest, love, 19th century

Short Review

Carter's Great Medicine ShowJohn Wyatt is a vigilante of sorts tracking down a counterfeiter. He decides to join a traveling "medicine show" in his search to serve as their protection. Meanwhile, the owner of the show runs into a man who wronged him some years ago, Curly Joe. Curly Joe tries to run the show out of town again; but when John discovers Joe is the counterfeiter, he will put a halt to Joe's plan."The show always goes on."Carl Pierson, director of The New Frontier and The Singing Vagabond, delivers Paradise Canyon. The storyline for this picture is fun and unique in some ways but the action sequences are dated, the dialogue is mediocre, and the acting is average. The cast delivers mediocre performances and include John Wayne, Gino Corrado, Yakima Canutt, and Marion Burns."I'm just a cowboy drifting from place to place."This was recently recommended to me by Fios so I DVR'd it off Encore Western. This was okay and I did enjoy watching the film unfold. The action scenes were comically not fluid and dated but I did enjoy the settings and premise. This is only worth viewing for diehard western genre fans."I don't like complications."Grade: C

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