Kit Carson

Wagon Train Adventures Did not Disappoint
I was delighted to see this film again after over 55 years - it was great to see handsome Jon Hall at his prime and see Clayton Moore before he became The Lone Ranger. Other actors, such as dashing Dana Andrews and Miriam Hopkins, also gave strong performances. The action was nonstop and the romantic element did not impede the tempo of the plot. THis was a colourised version of the film, which was a plus for me, although the colourisation process sometimes resulted in colours that were too vivid and lacked the naturalness of other filming processes. The fact that the film has not historical, despite using characters based on real people like Kit Carson and John Fremont, did not detract from the excitement. "Kit Carson" is still thundering good entertainment and avoids the excesses of many modern films when it comes to depicting violence. David Lee-Smith, Eastbourne, New Zealand

"I'm getting curiouser and curiouser."
This is a 4.5 star review rounded up to 5, because I have a crush on Jon Hall and can't help myself.

There's old-timey eye-candy a' plenty in the little known but very solid cavalry Western "Kit Carson", just released on DVD this year. Dana Andrews and Jon Hall (more on him in a minute) star in a highly inaccurate account of the famous Carson/Fremont expeditions, with many delightful veteran character actors along for the ride.

Kit Carson and his besties have just returned from a looooong sojourn and want nothing more than to rest a spell and take baths all day long. But waiting for them at Fort Bridger (which we might remember from hours of playing "Oregon Trail" as middle schoolers) is Captain John C. Fremont (Andrews, handsome as ever) and a whole wagon train itching to go west to Californy. Carson knows this is a bad idea because A) He just came from fighting the Shoshone, who despite falling for a ruse that wouldn't fool a backward toddler did manage to...

More Memories of My Youth
This is a movie I saw a lot on TV in my childhood and I remembered it vividly. I found watching it again to be a complete enjoyment and it was every bit as good as I remembered. Being a western film buff I remembered this movie especially because Clayton Moore had a supporting role in his pre- Lone Ranger days and it gave me my first look at his face without a mask. A thrill, indeed.

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