King of the Pecos (1936)

Director:

Joseph Kane

Writers:

Bernard McConville (screenplay)
Bernard McConville (story)

Release Date:

9 March 1936 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

Law and Order comes to the Lone Star State!

Plot:

Profiteer Alexander Stiles (Cy Kendall) lays claim to a million acres of range in the Pecos River country...

Plot Keywords:

Cattle | Lawyer | Murder | Revenge

Cast

John Wayne	...	John Clayborn
Muriel Evans	...	Belle Jackson
Cy Kendall	...	Alexander Stiles
Jack Clifford	...	Henchman Ash
Arthur Aylesworth	...	Hank Mathews (as Arthur Aylsworth)
Herbert Heywood	...	Josh Billings
J. Frank Glendon	...	Lawyer Brewster (as Frank Glendon)
Edward Hearn	...	Eli Jackson
John Beck	...	Mr. Clayborn
Mary MacLaren	...	Mrs. Clayborn
Bradley Metcalfe	...	Little John
Yakima Canutt	...	Henhcman Pete

Also Known As:

West of God's Country (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

54 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

Company:

Republic Pictures (I)

Movie Connections:

Remade as Texas Terrors (1940)

Uninspired early John Wayne western...

1st watched 12/30/2001 - 4 out of 10(Dir-Joseph Kane): Uninspired early John Wayne western portraying him at his early acting stages where he seems to just be doing the lines without putting any feeling into them. This story could have brought out much emotion(Wayne's character's father being murdered and him returning as a lawyer to do in the killer) but it's pretty much kept at bay so that we're presented with a flat and typical gun-shooting contest. Wayne is a handsome young stud here but not much else and the screenplay comes across like it was written on the way over to the set without much patchwork done to it. I'm sure Wayne's tall good looks and smile kept his contract going until he was able to actually do some real acting later in his career so for this I'm grateful(I guess).