An American Action, Western; A story about a Texan cowboy who rides into an Arizona town, rescues a horse, and winds up being blamed for a recent spate of barn-burnings, a crime he did not commit. This 'B' movie is a remake of the 1926 silent film The Unknown Cavalier (1926) and based on a 1923 novel by Kenneth Perkins. This light-humoured film has its stock characters and a well-worn story about a man falsely accused. There is a satirical aspect too, about frontier justice, the rush to judgement in trial when logic suggests otherwise, and a prominent citizen who turns out to be a wrong 'un. Duke the clever horse steals the show in some instances. John Wayne fits his part nicely as the young stranger who can goof with the rest of them but has the fortitude to bring miscreants to justice.
Review of Ride Him, Cowboy
