Randy Rides Alone *** (1934, John Wayne, Alberta Vaughn, George ‘Gabby’ Hayes, Yakima Canutt, Earl Dwire, Artie Ortega) – Classic Movie Review 7137

Director Harry L Fraser’s 1934 early John Wayne B-movie for Lone Star and Monogram Pictures stars The Duke as an undercover lawman, Randy Bowers, who breaks out of jail after being framed for murder in order to catch a ruthless band of express office robbers.

Randy Rides Alone gets off to a strong start with an excellent first sequence that the rest of the familiarly plotted movie does not quite live up to. It is only a low budget, poverty row, double feature B western, but it is all easy on the eye and there is enough action to keep Western fans happy.

Regular co-stars George ‘Gabby’ Hayes (as Marvin Black, aka Mat the Mute) and stuntman supreme Yakima Canutt (as henchman Spike) help to ensure that Randy rides along at a crisp pace.

Also in the cast are Alberta Vaughn, Earl Dwire, Artie Ortega, Tex Phelps, Herman Hack, Perry Murdock, Tex Palmer and Mack V Wright.

Randy Rides Alone is directed by Henry L Frazer, runs 52 minutes, is made by Lone Star Productions and Paul Malvern Productions, is released by Monogram Pictures, is written by Lindsley Parsons (screenplay and story), is shot in black and white by Archie J Stout, is produced by Paul Malvern and is scored by Abe Meyer.

Failure to renew the film’s copyright resulted in it falling into public domain.

Randy Rides Alone is available for free download at the Internet Archive:

https://archive.org/details/RandyRidesAlone

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