I doubt if many people will mistake "The Buckskin Lady" for a classic western. In fact, I think few would even think it's a very good film at all. It starts off very salaciously but mostly falls apart at the end...and ending too ridiculous and took contrived to work at all.
The story is set in some crappy little town in the Nevada Territory in the old west. Slinger (Gerald Mohr) is the local jerk...a guy who seems to really enjoy being bad. His girlfriend, of sorts, is Angela (Patricia Medina), a local who has a very bad reputation...mostly for hanging out and playing cards in the local bar. Her father is not only the town drunk, but the town's doctor as well...a rather bad combination.
One day, a new doctor (Richard Denning) arrives in town to take over the drunk doctor's practice. The old Doc apparently sold the new Doc the practice...and GREATLY inflated the value of the practice. Angela knows her father swindled the young doctor and vows to somehow repay the man. But the town bully and no-goodnick, Slinger, sees this as a chance to, once again, be the town jerk. And, somehow, despite this, Angela agrees to run off with Slinger...mostly because she likes the young Doc and knows if she doesn't leave, Slinger will end up killing him sooner or later. What's next? Plenty!
The film is trashy...and it makes little attempt to be otherwise. This isn't really the problem, as it at least made the story interesting. No, for me the problem was the really dumb ending...where again and again, Angela and the nice doctor COULD have easily defeated the outlaw, Slinger...and again and again, they behaved as if they had a can of stewed tomatoes for a brain! See the ending...see what I mean.
Overall, the actors tried their best and the film isn't completely bad. But it really ends poorly and as a result, it's a bit of a waste of time to watch.
The story is set in some crappy little town in the Nevada Territory in the old west. Slinger (Gerald Mohr) is the local jerk...a guy who seems to really enjoy being bad. His girlfriend, of sorts, is Angela (Patricia Medina), a local who has a very bad reputation...mostly for hanging out and playing cards in the local bar. Her father is not only the town drunk, but the town's doctor as well...a rather bad combination.
One day, a new doctor (Richard Denning) arrives in town to take over the drunk doctor's practice. The old Doc apparently sold the new Doc the practice...and GREATLY inflated the value of the practice. Angela knows her father swindled the young doctor and vows to somehow repay the man. But the town bully and no-goodnick, Slinger, sees this as a chance to, once again, be the town jerk. And, somehow, despite this, Angela agrees to run off with Slinger...mostly because she likes the young Doc and knows if she doesn't leave, Slinger will end up killing him sooner or later. What's next? Plenty!
The film is trashy...and it makes little attempt to be otherwise. This isn't really the problem, as it at least made the story interesting. No, for me the problem was the really dumb ending...where again and again, Angela and the nice doctor COULD have easily defeated the outlaw, Slinger...and again and again, they behaved as if they had a can of stewed tomatoes for a brain! See the ending...see what I mean.
Overall, the actors tried their best and the film isn't completely bad. But it really ends poorly and as a result, it's a bit of a waste of time to watch.