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1934

Action / Drama / Mystery / Romance / Western

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 22% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 22% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.1/10 10 1398 1.4K

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Plot summary

John Travers and Yak, his faithful Indian sidekick, pick up where a murdered sheriff leaves off, and try to nab the mysterious Shadow.

Director

Robert N. Bradbury Photo
Robert N. Bradbury

Top cast

John Wayne Photo
John Wayne as John Travers
George 'Gabby' Hayes Photo
George 'Gabby' Hayes as Matt Matlock
Eddie Parker Photo
Eddie Parker as Parker
Glenn Strange Photo
Glenn Strange as Loco Frank
720p.WEB
505.29 MB
1280*960
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
30 fps
12 hr 54 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by classicsoncall 4 / 10

"More trouble, more fun."

Reviewed by beejer 6 / 10

One of the best of Wayne's early "B" westerns

As "B' westerns go for this period, this one isn't bad. In fact, in my opinion, it's one of the best of John Wayne's early "B" westerns. It has all of the right ingredients to make this an enjoyable hour.First and foremost it has Yakima Canutt just emerging at this time as one of the premier stunt men, performing many of his landmark stunts. There are horse falls, saving the runaway stage, a wagon going over that ever present cliff and a bang up fight scene between Wayne's character and one of the bad guys.Canutt also has a part in the picture and is a hoot as Wayne's faithful Indian companion "Yak". Wayne himself is better than usual for this time as an undercover government agent. Also. a clean shaven George (pre-Gabby) Hayes appears as the chief villain.Another oddity for "B" westerns of this time, is that the hero ends up married to the heroine and has a son at the end of the film (no kissing though).
Reviewed by Doylenf 5 / 10

Poverty row western is more of a puzzlement than entertaining...

JOHN WAYNE is slim and lithe as a cowboy who anoints himself sheriff after the bad guys rub too many of the town's citizens out. From then on it's like watching a Hopalong Cassidy movie except this one is from Lone Star and is obviously a poverty row project with a few interesting moments for anyone who stays with it for 53 minutes.The tree stump idea puzzled me, as did the wall vault which served as the device behind which The Shadow gave orders--and the whole plot is so rushed that there's little time to digest any of the backstory that leads up to the main storyline. A pretty girl is the romantic interest for Wayne but has little to do and GEORGE HAYES is beardless for this one before he grew his trademark stubble.Actually, the slender story seems like something borrowed from a Zane Grey western--the one where the girl is part owner of a ranch, the bad guy is actually someone she knows but never suspects, and a cowboy with strong capabilities comes along and rescues her when she's in danger.The covered wagon going over the cliff into water is a neat sight toward the end and some of the stunt work involving riders and horses is on the mark. YAKIMA CANUTT is fun to watch as Wayne's Indian sidekick, a sort of Tonto to Wayne who rides a white horse.Passes the time quickly, but is clearly John Wayne as an apprentice actor.
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