Hot Lead (1951)

Hot Lead: Directed by Stuart Gilmore. With Tim Holt, Joan Dixon, Ross Elliott, John Dehner. Recently released from prison, nice guy Dave Collins finds himself unwillingly mixed up with his old outlaw acquaintances Turk Thorne and his gang as they try to use his telegraphy talents to zero in on the arrival of a gold shipment on the local train. Taking a liking to Collins, cowboys Tim Holt and Chito Rafferty get him to agree to help set a trap for the train robbers.

“Tim Holt and Chico are cowpokes working for a lady rancher played by the lovely Joan Dixon, and end up helping an ex-con who is being used by his former acquaintances to help them rob a gold train.nPlenty of galloping chases, shoots-out within a pacy and complicated plot. The bad guyu0026#39;s scheme is a bit far fetched, but this is fiction after all and fine entertainment. Love the interplay between Holt and sidekick, which is one of the appeal of the series. Thereu0026#39;s also a touch of romance between the Ex-con and the lady rancher.”