Uranium Boom (1956)

Deep in the badlands of Colorado, two prospectors stumble across a large deposit of uranium. When one (Dennis Morgan) of them goes into town to file their claim, the other (William Talman) remains at the mine to guard it. While in town, he falls in love with a woman (Patricia Medina) not realizing his partner is also in love with her. Directed by William Castle (STRAIT JACKET), this familiar retread was already tired by the time it was made . If it had been done at MGM in the 1930s, it would have starred Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy (BOOM TOWN comes to mind) or at Warners, with James Cagney and Pat O'Brien, maybe with Ann Sheridan as the girl. By 1956, it wasn't even worthy for a bigger budget with an A list cast. It's a quickie programmer, the kind that would play the bottom half of a double feature. Still, I have to admit I was entertained by it even as it tread familiar territory. With Philip Van Zandt providing comic relief as an Indian, Tina Carver and Henry Rowland.