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Dark Mountain, 1944 film

It begins with a small airplane flying over the forests in the west. Firemen fight a forest fire, but won't risk trying to save an old ranch house. One man goes to rescue two horses. The sign says "Department of Agriculture Forest Services". We learn about this government operation of Forest Rangers. There is a subtle reference to wartime rationing, "sugar stamps". We learn about Steve and his business, he is not what he seems. One of his trucks was hijacked, but he can't go to the police. An investigator has an accident. Kay wants to leave Steve. Will he have bad luck? His helpers find misfortune. What will Kay do? Can she hide out in a forest cabin? Shots from a pistol can send a signal for help.

Steve shows up, he followed Kay to the hide out. A wood station wagon brings food to them. A portable radio brings in news. Don sees a cigarette on the ground and warns Kay about the danger of fire. Is she eating a lot? Willy plays checkers against an equal. The isolation is getting to Steve. Don shows up and finds Steve. There is a chase, Steve drops off Kay and speeds away for an explosive ending.

If you ever wondered about the low-budget films made during wartime just watch this movie for an example.

DARK MOUNTAIN(1944)---Robert Lowery, Ellen Drew, Regis Toomey, Eddie Quillan, Elisha Cook, Jr.
A deservedly obscure little "B" movie starring Robert Lowery as a forest ranger who is in love with Ellen Drew. Quillan plays Lowery's moronic fellow forest ranger and he is as annoying as hell!!! Toomey plays a crook who traffics in wartime "black market" goods. Typically, Cook plays one of Toomey's henchmen who talks too much and is killed off. Drew is initially unaware of how Toomey makes his money and, although she loves Lowery, she opts to marry Toomey because he can give her the "good life" that Lowery can't on his meager salary. Lowery accepts her decision with good grace and assures her that, if she ever needs him, he'll "be there". When Drew discovers the truth about Toomey, she is appropriately horrified and wants to get away from him. Because of Cook's "big mouth", things get hot for Toomey and he has to "go on the lam". He forces Drew to accompany him to a cabin in the same patch of woods that Lowery "works". Toomey threatens to kill Lowery if Drew doesn't play along. Dim-witted Lowery eventually figures it all out, rescues Drew, and they look forward to a happy life together "in the pine forest"! This is one of those films that is so bad, it's fun to watch, occasionally, just for laughs---and, mercifully, it clocks in at just over an hour! It is part of a 10 movie set entitled, "Tough Guys And Gals", from Alpha Video. TRIVIA NOTE: Lowery's biggest claim to fame is playing Batman in the 1949 serial.