Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

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

Sarita Rafferty There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

utgard14 Early John Wayne oater is pretty routine stuff for this point in his career. Duke plays an undercover marshal who teams up with cantankerous sheriff Gabby Hayes to stop a group of crooks whose leader is plotting to steal land from the townsfolk. You see, thar's gold in them thar hills. Eleanor Hunt plays Duke's love interest. Stuntman extraordinaire Yakima Canutt plays the Polka Dot Bandit. Gotta love that. As usual with a lot of these old westerns, the stunt work is first-rate. Duke and Gabby are fun. Early snicker-worthy scene in hotel run by George Cleveland has a newlywed groom telling Cleveland "I can't find it." What exactly he can't find is never explained. I'll leave it to you to figure out.

kai ringler This time John Wayne plays a U.S. Marshall and at the beginning of the film he sees a man standing behind a safe, so naturally he figures the man is trying to rob the safe,, so he goes to investigate,, and just as he is ready to arrest the man,, he find out it's the local sheriff, who happens to save his life in the very next instant, meanwhile the two become friends and they learn that the town's most prominent citizen is planning to take the town for all that it's worth by siphoning the town dry by cutting off all of it's supply wagons, the movie stars George "Gabby" Hayes,, and Yakima Canut. the usual suspects. but I enjoy watching them along with the Duke,, maybe not one of the Duke's stronger movies but all in all not bad either,, pretty decent , will have to watch again soon.

whpratt1 Enjoyed this old time Western from 1934 with John Wayne, (John Carruthers) who sneaks into a hotel during a very bad thunder and lightning storm. The Sheriff, Jake Withers, (Gabby Hayes) gets a room and keeps his eye on a large sum of money deposited in the hotel safe. There is a man named Malgrove, (Edward Peil,Sr.) who owns the town and is a crook and he is trying to tell the town folk about selling their homes, because he knows that a gold mine is under all their homes and he wants to cash in on all the benefits. Betty Mason, (Eleanor Hunt) adds some female charm to the film and John Carruthers falls madly in love with her big brown eyes. If you like classic western films, this is the film for you, the film locations are outstanding for 1934. Enjoy.

morrison-dylan-fan A few years ago i went on a holiday to wales and in a shop i saw a DVD with 3 films that star John Wayne!Having got round to seeing Blue Steel at last,I have to say i was pleasantly surprised by how good it is. The Plot:During one night in a hotel,a bunch of outlaws sneak in and crack the safe and take all the money.Just after they leave,Wayne wakes up and (having seen the safe left open.)He decides to chase after them (what Wayne does not know is that someone else woke up,and thinks he did it!)Later on that day the outlaws shoot a girls father.With all this happening,can Wayne make the town safe again. View on the film:Direction/Screenplay-The writer and director was Robert Bradbury.One of the things Bradbury does well is to start the film the film off with scenes that feel a bit like the Frank Capra classic classic Arsnick and Old Lace.He also does well in creating other very enjoyable scenes(the barn yard scene and the stuns with the horses are the stand outs.) Final view on the film: A very enjoyable short John Wayne Western.