Monday, October 28, 2019

Renfrew of the Royal Mounted (1937)

A singing Mountie film, a little sub-genre popular in the late 1930s. Renfrew (James Newill) is the singing Mountie this time, on the trail of counterfeit money.

The printing plates are being made by ex-con Bronson (Herbert Corthell) who is being forced to continue his old trade by brutal gangster Angel (Kenneth Harlan) who holds Bronson's daughter Virginia (Carol Hughes) a virtual prisoner. Renfrew however is on the trail and follows them to a hunting lodge where his old friend George (William Royle) works as the world's most stereotypical Italian...

So the plot is basic but the action is continuous and the film is enjoyable despite the either wooden or over the top acting from most of the cast. The Mountie always gets his man of course. Thankfully the songs are kept to a minimum.