John Wayne partners with former vaudeville man Eddy Chandler and they provide comic relief throughout. Duke's friend and mentor Paul Fix plays a man with dual loyalties. His sister Mary Kornman, from Our Gang fame wants to keep him on the straight and narrow, but Al Ferguson has some other ideas. Also, the highly spirited Juanita played by Carmen Laroux has the boys head over heels in love. Not enough action you say? Great western character actor, Lafe McKee as the sheriff of Poker City is aiming to give our heroes a neck tie party. Although I agree with another reviewer on here that this could have been a Duke classic with a better studio and better production values, The Desert Trail still holds it's own as a wonderful early western. .
Review of The Desert Trail
