In Blazing Bullets, which premiered 70 years ago, in May 1951, a U.S. marshal (Johnny Mack Brown) investigating the theft of gold bullion gets involved with star-crossed lovers, a kidnapped rancher, a “haunted” ranch, an oddball prospector, and a crooked sheriff. The young couple are played sympathetically by Lois Hall and House Peters, Jr., with the latter’s character wanted by the law but recruited by Johnny to assist in his pursuit of the real lawbreakers. The rest of the supporting cast does OK, too, including Dennis Moore as one of the henchmen of the villainous Edmund Cobb, for example, but the appeal of the movie depends greatly on Johnny Mack Brown’s good-natured charm.

  Mildly recommended. Otto judiciously thinks this movie is OK, but not great.

Movie 329 for 2021.