I'm the biggest Roy Orbison fan in the world. But even Roy couldn't save this underwhelming western/musical from itself. While it was fun to see Roy without his sunglasses on and the songs are all fantastic, the plot left much to be desired. Serious pacing issues made it feel much, much longer than its 87 minute running time. A discerning viewer would have trouble telling the difference between it and the garden variety TV westerns of its time. And its portrayal of Native Americans, while intended to be comical, what just downright racist. And not in the fun Blazing Saddles way. More like the "idiots doing black-face" way. It gets 2 stars just for Orbison and the songs he sings, which really are great. Wish you could say the same for the rest of the movie.

I'm the biggest Roy Orbison fan in the world. But even Roy couldn't save this underwhelming western/musical from itself. While it was fun to see Roy without his sunglasses on and the songs are all fantastic, the plot left much to be desired. Serious pacing issues made it feel much, much longer than its 87 minute running time. A discerning viewer would have trouble telling the difference between it and the garden variety TV westerns of its time. And its portrayal of Native Americans, while intended to be comical, what just downright racist. And not in the fun Blazing Saddles way. More like the "idiots doing black-face" way. It gets 2 stars just for Orbison and the songs he sings, which really are great. Wish you could say the same for the rest of the movie.

Proof that as an actor, Roy Orbison was a pretty good rock star. A bunch of Confederate spies, led by Orbison, are disguised as entertainers, and plot to steal some Union gold. The music is good, the rest, sadly, looks like the TV sitcoms of the day.