RIDE HIM COWBOY

DIRECTED BY FRED ALLEN
PRODUCED BY LEON SCHLESINGER
WARNER BROTHERS

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INFORMATION FROM IMDb

Plot Summary
John Drury saves Duke, a wild horse accused of murder, and trains him. When he discovers that the real murderer, a badguy known as The Hawk, is the town's leading citizen, Drury arrested on a fraudulent charge.
Summary written by Ed Stephan

John Drury agrees to look for the outlaw known as the Hawk and Henry Simms volunteers to help him. But Simms is the Hawk and he leaves Drury on the desert to die. Simms then kills a man and plants John's harmonica at the scene. With the help of his horse Duke, John returns only to find that he is accused of murder and about to face the hanging Judge.
Summary written by Maurice VanAuken

Full Cast
John Wayne .... John Drury
Duke .... The Devil Horse
Ruth Hall .... Ruth Gaunt
Henry B. Walthall .... John Gaunt
Otis Harlan .... Judge E. Clarence 'Necktie' Jones
Harry Gribbon .... Deputy Sheriff Clout
Frank Hagney .... Henry Sims/The Hawk
Chuck Baldra .... Guitar player (uncredited)
Bob Burns .... Vigilante Member (uncredited)
Fred Burns .... Vigilante member (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb .... Bob Webb (injured Gaunt hand) (uncredited)
Ben Corbett .... Short jury member (uncredited)
Jim Corey .... Hawk henchman on sentry (uncredited)
Frank Ellis .... Hawk henchman (uncredited)
Jack Kirk .... Band member (uncredited)
Murdock MacQuarrie .... Doctor attending Webb (uncredited)
Bud McClure .... Rancher (uncredited)
Lafe McKee .... Rancher Gordon (uncredited)
Bud Osborne .... Jennings (Hawk henchman) (uncredited)
Rose Plumer .... Mrs. Gordon (uncredited)
Hal Price .... Rancher (uncredited)
Charles Sellon .... Judge Bartlett (at Duke's trial) (uncredited)
Glenn Strange .... Hawk henchman (uncredited)
Blackjack Ward .... Henchman (uncredited)
Slim Whitaker .... Hawk henchman Paxton (uncredited)

Stunts
Glenn Strange .... stunt double: John Wayne (uncredited)

Writing Credits
Kenneth Perkins (novel)
Scott Mason (adaptation)(dialogue)


Produced
Sid Rogell .... associate producer
Leon Schlesinger .... producer (uncredited)

Hi,
This is probably the 1st. of 6 films Duke made with WB, as re-makes of some
silent films, that Ken Maynard had made.
These Duke versions were made, to use up unused film, that WB had.
They brought in Duke and Duke! The Wonder Horse,
and substituted them into the films!!
If you look closely, you can spot the difference,
between the two actors.
Even the two horses, are noticibly different.
With Duke, was Ruth Hall, who made three or four films with him,
and she was probably one of his earlier female co-stars,
of which he has some chemistry.
Frank Hagney, was good nasty Hawk character,
and he was the nasty sneak that dropped Duke's harmonica,
implicating him in the murder.


I enjoyed this series, and they remain favourites,
as they were amongst the first VHS, I ever bought.
Rating 5/10

Not as good as Haunted gold, mainly because the "framed for the villain"-story is so used. Still, many enjoyable scenes, like the trial, and Duke and Duke are a very handsome couple.

I have seen this one a few times since it frequently gets sent on TCM. I have to say this is the second worst John Wayne movie I have seen. Only Two-Fisted Law is worse. I like to sit down and watch these simple old odd movies, but this one is a little too ridiculous. It doesn't have the intentional humor that Haunted Gold has either.

Here are two posters, the second one from a 1939 re-release.

Well, I ordered this one from an internet website. It said it would take one to two weeks, and I finally just got it more than six weeks later! Was it worth the wait? Um... Of course it was, but only a die hard fan can probably appreciate these older movies. Of the six Ken Maynard remakes, I think this one is the weakest. I only saw a couple of scenes that had the original footage in them, so it almost seemed pointless to have this as a remake when it could have just been a regular brand new movie. And the plot itself was pretty straight forward, since you know from the beginning who the hawk is. But I am not complaining. This movie is 75 years old and still looks pretty good.

Here are two posters, the second one from a 1939 re-release.

Hello Jim

Are these your posters and are you a JW poster collector? I love the artwork on them although I myself only have a few. Some of the foreign ones are really good too.

A very specialised and expensive area of collecting I am told.

Elly

Elly,

No, the posters are not mine, although I own one or two (probably not originals, and definitely not any of the much older ones).

I have a CD with images of posters, that I received from another JWMB member, Les Adams. I met him at the Dean Smith Celebrity Rodeo in Abilene, Texas a couple of years ago. He is a foremost authority on John Wayne and his films, and you will see some of his work extensively throughout IMDb, where he has made numerous corrections to erroneous information.

Anyway, Les probably owns many of the posters pictured (if not all), and it is with his permission that I have been sharing these images on the message board, to add yet another dimension to an already rich tapestry of information about John Wayne and his movies.

Chester :newyear:

watched this on TV the other day and thought it was an ok movie considering it's over 75 years old!!

Man, I guess I must be in the minority because I loved this one although Haunted Gold is my favorite.

the posters are awsome,can you guys set up a page just to view his posters-