Tough Female Cop Rounds Up The Kidnappers

Cedar Lake, Big Bear Valley, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA

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Blanche Mehaffey

Grant Withers

Bruce Warren

Barry Barringer

The kidnappers of Herbert Scott have been paid the demanded ransom but have not returned Scott. The police chief suspects Larry Scott, the spendthrift nephew, but an opposing view is held by Morrison, federal operator in charge of...

Clarence Bricker

Held for Ransom

Mehaffey Deserved A Big Paycheck

The plot&apos;s okay if nothing special. A rich old man is held in a deserted area for ransom. The cops suspect his nephew (Withers) as the mastermind. At same time, however, the feds (Mulhall) suspect a gangster gang, and assign an undercover woman agent (Mehaffey) to unravel the knot and hopefully save the old man hostage. But can she.

To me, the flick&apos;s strength are the rustic settings, old roadsters, and narrow old-time roads-- real vintage eye-catchers that help keep the eyes glued. So far as I can tell, there are no studio sets, inside or outside, unusual for a programmer like this. And catch those rickety cabins, the water wheel, and the spindly forrest that the cast chases around in. Speaking of chasing around, I sure hope actress Mehaffey got a fat paycheck for all the physical skills she has to show. In fact, she&apos;s really the show&apos;s star with the most screen time. Given her skills, it&apos;s no wonder she had a silent screen career in Westerns. On the other hand, Withers and Mulhall mostly get to follow around except for one fisticuff sequence. And for a small slice of amusement there&apos;s McKenzie as the rotund yet canny shopkeeper.

Anyway, the 60-minutes is better than the usual programmers of its kind, thanks mainly to the savvy production staff and adept leading lady.

The plot's okay if nothing special. A rich old man is held in a deserted area for ransom. The cops suspect his nephew (Withers) as the mastermind. At same time, however, the feds (Mulhall) suspect a gangster gang, and assign an undercover woman agent (Mehaffey) to unravel the knot and hopefully save the old man hostage. But can she.

To me, the flick's strength are the rustic settings, old roadsters, and narrow old-time roads-- real vintage eye-catchers that help keep the eyes glued. So far as I can tell, there are no studio sets, inside or outside, unusual for a programmer like this. And catch those rickety cabins, the water wheel, and the spindly forrest that the cast chases around in. Speaking of chasing around, I sure hope actress Mehaffey got a fat paycheck for all the physical skills she has to show. In fact, she's really the show's star with the most screen time. Given her skills, it's no wonder she had a silent screen career in Westerns. On the other hand, Withers and Mulhall mostly get to follow around except for one fisticuff sequence. And for a small slice of amusement there's McKenzie as the rotund yet canny shopkeeper.

Anyway, the 60-minutes is better than the usual programmers of its kind, thanks mainly to the savvy production staff and adept leading lady.

The kidnappers of Herbert Scott have been paid the demanded ransom but have not returned Scott. The police chief suspects Larry Scott, the spendthrift nephew, but an opposing view is held by Morrison, federal operator in charge of the case. He assigns Betty Mason, his best woman operative, to the case.

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