The Dawn Rider (1935)
0h 52m | PG-13
When John Mason's father is killed, John is wounded. Attracted to his nurse Alice, a conflict arises between him and his friend Ben who plans to marry Alice. John later finds the killer of his father but goes to face him not knowing Ben has removed the bullets from his gun.
Director: Robert N. Bradbury
Studio: Monogram Pictures
Genre: Action, Western
Video: 720p
Cast
John Wayne
as John Mason
Marion Burns
as Alice Gordon
Dennis Moore
as Rudd Gordon
Reed Howes
as Ben McClure
Joseph De Grasse
as Dad Mason
Earl Dwire
as Pete
Reviews
John Wayne ("Mason") arrives in town to visit his father, but before he can catch up with him, he gets embroiled in a fight with Reed Howes ("McClure") which, when it ends amicably enough, leads them to have a few drinks and become firm friends... Now he goes to visit Pop, but the freight office where he works is being robbed and both he and his father are shot; the latter is killed. The Duke is put in the capable hands of Marion Burns ("Alice") to recuperate; she being the beau of "McClure" so we soon have a silly love triangle as well as a team effort to track down the murderous robbers. There's nothing wrong with this cheap and cheerful B-western; there are a few heavily staged fisticuffs and the dialogue is repeated a bit too woodenly from the script, but it is an enjoyable, simple, 55 minutes with quite an entertaining rough and tumble conclusion....