Riders of Destiny
1933 Starring John Wayne, Cecilia Parker, Forrest Taylor, Gabby Hayes, Yakima Cannutt Unrated 53 Minutes
Badguy Kincaid controls the local water supply and plans to do in the other ranchers. Government agent Saunders shows up undercover to do in Kincaid and win the heart of one of his victims Fay Denton.
Rating:6/10 Riders of Destiny had several funny(intentional and unintentional) moments, this wasn't bad for a western from the '30's. Having your main character being called Singing Sandy Saunders is asking to be laughed at. Especially when someone compares him to the likes of Billy the Kid. Or better yet, when you heat Wayne warbling(if you wanna call it that) or should I say lip synching, you just want to turn off the sound. When he is done singing, Yakima Cannutt says to him, I could listen to that all night, how could you not laugh out loud. But the script and the story was pretty good. The acting was manageable as well. It didn't feel like this was a long movie like some of Wayne's westerns from the '30's.
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