Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

Spidersecu Don't Believe the Hype

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Leofwine_draca FRONTIER HORIZON is the last in a series of B-movie westerns teaming John Wayne with stuntman Ray Corrigan and Raymond Hatton as a trio of crime-fighters in the Old West. This time around, they're called in to help prevent land owners being harassed by a crooked real estate boss and his men, but the whole thing feels entirely cheap and unfocused. Long segments of the running time stretch out without much going on and the heroes have little to do except occasionally jump into action. Watch out for Hollywood starlet Jennifer Jones in her screen debut.

MartinHafer This is a Three Mesquiteer movie from Republic Pictures. This was a very popular series from the 1930s and 40s and while they were generally pretty well made and enjoyable, the composition of the cast changed frequently. While the most popular trio probably was the one that consisted of Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune, many other guys were members of this movie gang. In "New Frontier", you may be surprised to see John Wayne in the lead, though he played the leader of this group for eight movies. And, while the bizarre duo of Max Terhune and his dummy (literally a ventriloquist's dummy) are not in this one, the very familiar Raymond Hatton plays the third Mesquiteer. As for the middle guy, Ray Corrigan was on hand for this.Like many of the B-westerns of the day, this one actually is set in the modern day. It's very surreal to see cowboys riding about on horses one minute and the next seeing modern construction machinery! It's one of those weird things you just have to accept in films with Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and the Mesquiteers.One standout thing about this otherwise ordinary film is the presence of Jennifer Jones. Here she plays the usual not too romantic female lead who falls, kind of, the the leader of the Mesquiteers. She's pretty bland here--but this sort of role is almost always bland and forgettable. What's amazing is that Jones did these sort of roles for such a short period and was soon making A-pictures--culminating with her receiving an Oscar for Best Actress for "The Song of Bernadette" only four years later.The plot is very different--which is a plus. However, it's also a reasonably dull plot. A town is condemned by the state. That's because a dam is going to be built to flood the valley. The folks are naturally mad, but they are assured that they will be relocated to much better land--land that is fertile and with plenty of water. However, after using the Mesquiteers to sell the idea to the town, the trio learn that the project is a shame. What are they to do to be niceness and justice to the modern range? Overall, it's exactly what a fan of these films should expect. Quickly made, a relatively bad old print and a threadbare story. It's enjoyable but no better than average--at best.

Michael_Elliott New Frontier (1939) ** 1/2 (out of 4) The final Three Mesquiteer film for John Wayne has the boys trying to help some settlers who are about to lose their land to some bad men. At the moment I can't recall how many of the Wayne films I've seen from this series but this is just like most of them. The film contains some pretty good action scenes and Wayne is good as usual but the stories aren't really that strong. Jennifer Jones has a small supporting role and does a pretty nice job.As of now the only way to view these films is by AMC, which also includes commercials.

m0rphy This is a typical short 57 mins. formulaic film from the budget minded Republic Studios, from 1939.It is interesting only because it was the first attempt at film stardom for Phyllis Isley, aged 20 at the time, whose name was changed in 1942 to the better known, Jennifer Jones, at the request of David O. Selznick, her mentor and later husband.She plays Celia Braddock who assists the "Three Mesquiteers" (whose number includes a young John Wayne), to prevent a ruthless claim-jumping construction company from stealing ranchers' properties in "New Hope Valley", in order to build a lucrative dam there.She gets to ride a horse but is given rather a trite script to say.After a second Republic Film that year ("Dick Tracy and the G-Men), Phyllis and her then husband, Robert Walker, decided they were not being regarded seriously enough by Hollywood and returned back to New York to pursue their still unrealised dreams of stage stardom.Due to its short run time, the film on video normally comes with another Republic title, e.g. "Randy Rides Again".The present title is only now interesting to see the embryonic talent of Jennifer Jones in order to compare to her more mature, later work.Otherwise it is mediocre and I rated it at 5/10