Stoutor It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

Jenna Walter The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Tayyab Torres Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

morrison-dylan-fan Having enjoyed watching a few of John Waynes previous Lone Star production's,I was very much looking forward to viewing the movie.After having seen the film,I feel that it has a very good plot and some unexpectedly impressive stunts.The plot: Secret Agent Slingin Sandy Saunders is sent from Washington to go undercover in a small town.When Sandy arrives to the town,he discoverers that the town is in big trouble due to a major businessman,declaring that he is to own all of the towns water supply by buying out all of the contracts. View on the film:Though screenwriter/director Robert N. Bradbury sadly does not film most of the excellent stunts (including a stunt that John Ford would use later on for the classic film Stagecoach) in close up.His screenplay makes up for it,by being surprisingly very ahead of its times with looking at the subject of small landowners getting crushed by huge corporations.With the performances,John Wayne gives a very good cunning performance as Sandy,especially in the scenes that he shares with the beautiful Cecilia Earler. Final view on the film: A well-written, surprisingly modern story with great stunts and fun performances from Wayne and Earler.

writers_reign Clearly once again I watched a different film to the majority of the people who have reviewed it here. Frankly it's BEYOND dire and God alone knows how any of the cast survived to actually have careers in movies. Arguably the most distinguished is Celia Parker, the Canadian actress playing the daughter of George (the 'Gabby' came later) Hayes and who, some four years later, played for the first time the elder sister of Andy Hardy, a role she reprised throughout the series. John Wayne is risible in the opening sequence which sees him riding a horse with no hands, the hands being engaged in holding and strumming a guitar as he warbles a song that is even worse than Elton John could aspire to. The plot - and it had to be ancient even in 1933 - is the old chestnut about the local 'businessman' holding the settlers to ransom because he owns all the water for miles around. If you're wondering how come I watched this piece of cheese at all it's because I bought a DVD containing Three movies, two half decent titles starring respectively Jimmy Stewart and Jimmy Cagney and then this turkey to make up the numbers. For masochists only.

dbborroughs John Wayne in one of his early singing (well dubbed) cowboy flicks stars as a government agent under cover trying to get to the bottom of a water scam that has a bad guy controlling the water in an area refusing to let anyone have water unless they pay him sky high fees. Wayne comes into the mix by helping a girl who robs a stage coach in order to get back the money taken from her father. It's a rambling mess where 20 minutes pass with a minimal amount of plot transpiring while the two stage coach drivers wander about being silly in an attempt to capture the robber. The film then kind of settles down at that pint, with Wayne romancing the girl and taking on the bad guys. Its twenty minutes of plot stretched to 55 minutes and for me its intolerable. Things just ramble onward in such away that you can't believe its taking as long as it is. I wanted to scream. Actually I reached for the remote and began scanning through the romance and horse riding bits. Sure Wayne is clearly a star but the film he's in is a crashing bore. I'd avoid it unless you like this sort of thing.

mge-6 If you are a fan of early Duke movies, this Lone Star oldie is a good one. What more could you ask for than Duke, Yak, and Gabby. Lots of good ridin' and shootin'!!! I found it amazing that Duke's singing voice was Bill Bradbury, who is none other than Bob Steele's twin brother. It has been reported that Bob Steele was a high school classmate and friend of Duke, so twin brother Bill may have been too. Anyway, if you like good, clean, early western movies don't miss this one. We don't have to wonder about hidden meanings or try to figure out underlying themes. Just sit back, relax and enjoy a western movie from a simpler day and time. It's called entertainment folks!!!