In a horse-riding rodeo contest bad guys want John Weston to lose. When he doesn't go along they add some insurance: a poisoned needle just under his saddle.In a horse-riding rodeo contest bad guys want John Weston to lose. When he doesn't go along they add some insurance: a poisoned needle just under his saddle.In a horse-riding rodeo contest bad guys want John Weston to lose. When he doesn't go along they add some insurance: a poisoned needle just under his saddle.
- Dolores
- (as Anita Compillo)
- Spike Barton
- (as Edward Peil)
- Marshal George Higgins
- (as George Hayes)
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
- Bartender
- (uncredited)
- Rodeo Announcer
- (uncredited)
- Pendleton Rodeo Performer
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
- Kent Henchman
- (uncredited)
- Henchman on Roof
- (uncredited)
- Judge Carter
- (uncredited)
- Captured Bank Robber
- (uncredited)
- 2nd Bank Robber
- (uncredited)
- …
- Rodeo Judge
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJohn Wayne's singing was dubbed by Glenn Strange, who was better known later on as Sam the bartender on Gunsmoke (1955).
- GoofsA sign spelling out CALGARY STAMPEDE backwards can be seen in the rodeo footage.
- Quotes
Marshal George Higgins: It seems mighty funny to me that every time this gang organizes a rodeo, their own men win all the first prizes. When it begins to look like an outsider is going to win, he gets sick. Two or three has even died from it.
John Weston: Well, you can't arrest them for that, Marshal.
Marshal George Higgins: No, maybe not. But it's might peculiar that when these outsides fall off them top broncs, they're suffering from snakebite. I tell ya, it just ain't natural.
John Weston: What do you want me to do? Get snake bit?
- Alternate versionsFox/Lorber Associates, Inc. and Classics Associates, Inc. copyrighted a version in 1985 with a new original score composed and orchestrated by William Barber. It was distributed by Fox/Lorber and ran 52 minutes.
- ConnectionsEdited into Six Gun Theater: The Man from Utah (2021)
- SoundtracksSing Me a Song of the Wild
(uncredited)
Written by Robert N. Bradbury
Sung by John Wayne (dubbed by Jack Kirk) in the opening scene
You heard it folks, a rodeo racket. This bunch comes to a given town sets up a rodeo, take in bets from the locals on their best cowboys and the gang's cowboys always seem to win by hook or deadly crook. They also do a few other things on the side like bank robbery, rustling, your usual western crimes.
They've also got a unique way of dispatching competition into eternity which I won't get into. The Duke was lucky to discover what they had in store for him. I will say that modern forensic science would have had the mystery solved.
This was one of those films where they tried to make John Wayne a singing cowboy. The film begins with him on a white horse, strumming a guitar, singing some forgettable ballad. Some Nelson Eddy wannabe's voice is dubbed in and you know it isn't Wayne. It's so bad that even audiences in 1934 would have known this wasn't John Wayne, And this was before he became JOHN WAYNE.
- bkoganbing
- Apr 30, 2006
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Details
- Runtime51 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1