by Hal Erickson
synopsis
The Battle of Greed was one of the best of the Tom Keene western series produced by bargain-basement Crescent Productions. Keene takes a job in a Virginia mining town in the mid-19th century. Here he makes the acquaintance of none other than Mark Twain (James Bush), currently employed as a newspaper editor. Keene joins forces with Twain in battling the town's corrupt element. While it may not be nice to say this, James Bush frankly gives a more convincing performance than nominal star Keene, who has this bad habit of laughing uproariously at the slightest provocation.
characteristics
- Newspaper
- Mining
- Town
- Treacherous
- Treachery
- Mine
- Greed
- Cowboy
- Bad-guy
- Cowgirl
- Discovery
- Good-guy