After discovering that several head of cattle have gone missing, the Three Mesquiteers hire some members of a mountaineer family to rid the surrounding area of bears which they believe are responsible. What they don't realize is that the man they hired named "Big Ed Dawson" (J. P. McGowan) was actually the one who was rustling their cattle and--now that he has carte blanche to use their land to hunt for these bears--feels free to rustle even more from their herd. Compounding the problem even more is the fact that some local rangers have become suspicious that the Three Mesquiteers might be hunting these bears on federal property and, rather than showing any concern about their missing cattle, are waiting for the first opportunity to arrest them instead. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this was an okay grade-B Western which pretty much mirrored all of the other films in the Three Mesquiteers series in that none of them are necessarily that exceptional--but none of them are that bad either. That being said, I feel safe in recommending this movie for viewers who enjoy old-time Westerns of this sort, and I have rated it accordingly. Average.
Review of Heart of the Rockies
