John Wayne had been around for a while prior to making this B Western at Warner Brothers, first as an extra and bit player, and later the star of a big western epic, "The Big Trail". That wasn't enough to make him a big star early on. But after some low budget westerns through the Lone Star production company, he went to Warners and starred in a series of low budget films that definitely look like A films compared to most of his others made in the 1930's.
This one doesn't even reach an hour in length yet it's pretty good dealing with Wayne coming to the rescue of a horse on trial and saving it from being turned into glue. The horse's name happens to be Duke and he isn't afraid of stealing from Wayne's other horse's feed bag. The town where Wayne arrives in is being harassed by a masked villain known as the Hawk, and it's up to Wayne to unmask him.
While riding out in the desert with Frank Hagney, the two engage in a very macho conversation about their guns and it's unintentionally funny. Hagney ends up with Wayne's gun and reveals himself to be the bad guy, tying Wayne to a tree, and returns, claiming that John is the Hawk. It's pretty obvious how things are gonna turn out. One thing is unclear why Duke gets billing and the other horse doesn't, even among the uncredited. Still a very entertaining film and signs of what was to come for the real Duke.
This one doesn't even reach an hour in length yet it's pretty good dealing with Wayne coming to the rescue of a horse on trial and saving it from being turned into glue. The horse's name happens to be Duke and he isn't afraid of stealing from Wayne's other horse's feed bag. The town where Wayne arrives in is being harassed by a masked villain known as the Hawk, and it's up to Wayne to unmask him.
While riding out in the desert with Frank Hagney, the two engage in a very macho conversation about their guns and it's unintentionally funny. Hagney ends up with Wayne's gun and reveals himself to be the bad guy, tying Wayne to a tree, and returns, claiming that John is the Hawk. It's pretty obvious how things are gonna turn out. One thing is unclear why Duke gets billing and the other horse doesn't, even among the uncredited. Still a very entertaining film and signs of what was to come for the real Duke.