That was an excellent one.

Must See Movie...

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

The Duke is at it again in this "b" western from Monogram. This time he is out to win some prize cash in a rodeo, which he does easily, so when he and his friend try and collect their winnings, they meet up with some bad guys who steal all of the rodeos proceed's then they manage to kill the promoter, blaming our hero and his friend,, so they are forced to go on the run and hideout and make a plan to try and catch the bad guys,, meanwhile the Duke and his friend argue about everything from women , to alcohol and such, the 2 lawmen appear to be an odd match but it turns out opposites do attract even in the old west.. not a bad little "b" western picture slightly better than some of the other b western that John Wayne was in.

Rodeo star John Wayne and his hard-gambling sidekick are forced to take Wayne's winnings from a crooked promoter. After they leave with the cash, two thieves murder the promoter and frame them for the killing. However, the boys are too busy chasing after a young Spanish woman and a pretty shop girl to try and clear their names!Coming near the end of Wayne's contract with Lone Star/Monogram Pictures, this is more spare than some of the earlier films in the series. It's still a lot of fun (and funny) with more comedy in this than usual, resulting in some very amusing scenes like the one where Duke leers at the shop girl's backside!The comedy here is reminiscent somewhat of the slapstick in Wayne's later films.

Falsely accused, skirt-chasing chums John Wayne (as John Scott) and Eddy Chandler (as Kansas Charlie) change identities to become "Alias Smith and Jones". Mr. Wayne becomes "John Jones". Mr. Chandler's is supposed to be "Rev. Smith", but Wayne calls him "Dr. Smith". At no time are either of them as entertaining as Roger Davis, Pete Duel, Jonathan Harris, or Ben Murphy; although, Wayne can be considered infinitely more successful than any of them, career wise. Pretty blonde Mary Kornman (as Anne), grown-up from her days in "Our Gang", is a lovely interest for Wayne. She and Chandler have a couple of cute scenes with Wayne. If you're not a fan of low budget John Wayne films of the 1930s, this movie won't make you one.

After having seen some of Waynes other hour-long Lone Star films,i feel that while this is not the best one its still pretty good.The plot: After having done his day working as a rodeo,Wayne and a friend go to collect there wages.When they are told that there wages have gone down from $900 to $200,Wayne decides to hold the place up and get the rest of the cash thats owed to them.Just after they leave,a gang come in come in and kill the guy at the front and take the the cash and leave fast!So everyone thinks that Wayne and his friend killed him(and that includes the law!) View on the film:The film is written by Linsley Parsons,and while the story does get slow in some parts,there are enough dark and comic parts to keep you watching.Direction:One of the downsides for director Cullen Lewis is using some really poor stock-footage of a Rodeo,but the thing Lewis does well is to have stunts (the man getting chucked thought a window by a horse!)and a really good star on a stage coach. The cast: The main highlight of the cast(and of the film)is John Wayne.Unlike some of the other Lone Star films i have seen with him,he gives an excellent comic and slightly dark performance. Final view on the film: A enjoyable film,with a very good performance by Wayne.