The Old Chisholm Trail Movie Download

3 / 10

Belle is an annoying and ridiculous character, though she’s not the only one in this film.
In “The Old Chisholm Trail”, Universal Pictures decided to combine the star power of Johnny Mack Brown with Tex Ritter. Plus, while Brown isn’t a singing cowboy, Ritter was and the film featured quite a bit of singing for a Johnny Mack Brown flick…too much for my taste. In addition, the film features some of the most one-dimensional and annoying characters I can recall in a B-western, such as Belle as well as an American Indian which will make most folks a bit ill watching him!

Dusty (Brown) is on a cattle drive on the Chisholm Trail. However, their trip comes to an abrupt halt when they run out of water and a local nutty woman, Belle, tries to charge them exorbitant rates to water the animals…so much so they cannot possibly afford it. But Dusty and the gang don’t realize that this feisty lady isn’t above a lot of dirty tricks…and the local sheriff seems unwilling to intervene.

Belle is the sort of tough, liberated cowgirl that would make feminists today cringe. She isn’t so much a liberated western woman but a walking stereotype of an annoying lady boss…the sort that old westerns enjoyed making fun of because, as they all knew back in the day, ladies should really just be pretty and nice.

Overall, a really dumb film that doesn’t age well. Plus, Johnny Mack Brown was a terrific cowboy star…but here he just seems overshadowed by all this silliness.Read More