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A man who leads a crowd of trouble makers is made sheriff in 'The Star Packer'. In 'Neath The Arizona Skies' a cowboy protects an indian princess from outlaws. In 'Lawless Frontier' a man must prove his innocence.
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A complicated B Western starring a young John Wayne (2004-06-14)  "The Lawless Frontier" is the tenth of the B Westerns that John Wayne did for Lone Star/Monogram Studio when he was still learning his craft and creating the on screen persona that would make him the Duke. Robert N. Bradbury did the story, screenplay, and direction for this 1934 film, which is actually a bit more complicated that most of these oaters. Wayne plays John Tobin, whose parents are killed by the bandit Pandro Zanti (Earl Dwire with a woeful Mexican accent). Eight years later Tobin returns and when Zanti hurts Dusty (George Hayes), Tobin decides it is time to bring down the gang. But things get complicated because the sheriff (Jack Rockwell) thinks Tobin is part of the gang and when Dusty gets shot, he arrests Tobin. Of course there is also a purty young gal, Ruby (Sheila Terry). If you have been working your way through these Lone Star Westerns to check out John Wayne, the Prairie Years, then you have seen there is not much there to really enjoy from the actor who would eventually become known as the Duke. For example, in "The Lawless Frontier" you can see him doing an early version of his trademark gait. But the main attraction here, more often than not, is the work of the legendary stuntman Yakima Canutt. He plays Joe, one of Zanti's henchmen, and doubles for Wayne in a pretty good stunt involving riding a log through an arroyo. The actor billed as Buffalo Bill, Jr. playing another of Zanti's henchmen is really an actor/stuntman named Jay Wilsey, who was no relation to the famous cowboy showman and who stared in a series of B- Westerns during the silent era (e.g, "Rawhide Romance"). As always, avoid the colorized version of this Lone Star Western. These are low budget westerns by a Poverty Row studio. They are what they are, more curiosities than anything memorable, so dressing them up is not worth the effort.
The frontier was lawless - until John Wayne showed up (2003-05-01)  I love all of the old John Wayne westerns from the 1930s. Sure, they all have basically the same plot, the same actors, and the same locations and settings, but they are good, clean fun wherein good always prevails over evil. In this particular case, the frontier is lawless because of the ruthless, murdering, cattle-rustling, half white/half Apache “Mexican” Pandro Zanti (Earl Dwire) and his gang of desperadoes. Unlike some other Lone Star Productions films from this era, this 1935 film looks and sounds its age at times, but the video and sound are certainly sufficient to allow an enjoyable movie experience to those hankering to see John Wayne in his early days.
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