utgard14
John Wayne as Singin' Sandy. If that doesn't make you snort milk out of your nose, I don't know what will. If you're a fan of the Duke but not very familiar with his early B westerns, the opening moments of this will probably have you staring at the screen in disbelief. I have seen quite a few of Duke's movies from this period and still my mouth hung open in shock. The plot is about government agent Singin' Sandy Saunders (audible groan from me just typing that) trying to put a stop to a bad guy withholding water from ranchers. Sandy also catches the attention of Andy Hardy's sister (Cecilia Parker), who's the daughter of Gabby Hayes.Now, as shocking as John Wayne doing the Gene Autry routine is, the bigger shock is that this actually isn't a bad movie! For a B western of the time, it's better than average. Wayne is personable and believable as the hero, of course. Parker is pretty and likable; one of Duke's better love interests in these cheapies. Some highlights are Gabby Hayes' enthusiasm for biscuits, Yakima Canutt's stunts, and all of the laughable scenes where Duke lip-syncs. But the single best scene is when Sandy is called out for a shootout and the townsfolk suddenly realize who he is. "Why, that's Singin' Sandy," someone says with a straight face. Unreal.
kai ringler
not a bad little western.. once again the "Duke" is teamed up with George Gabby Hayes.. this time,, the good people are being harassed by a villain who is sucking the town dry.. literally,, he built a dam to hog up all the water in town,, so it's either pay up to the man,, to get the water , or you ain't getting any water,,, a man and his daughter however have the only other water in town,, course they were smart enough to dig a well, therefore don't need mr. businessman's precious water,, when he finds out about this he tries to go and root them out of their land and get their water as well.. the local townspeople decide they have had enough and write the federal government,, and the town get's the "Duke" just in time so save the day.
morrison-dylan-fan
Having enjoyed watching a few of John Waynes previous Lone Star production's,I was very much looking forward to viewing the movie.After having seen the film,I feel that it has a very good plot and some unexpectedly impressive stunts.The plot: Secret Agent Slingin Sandy Saunders is sent from Washington to go undercover in a small town.When Sandy arrives to the town,he discoverers that the town is in big trouble due to a major businessman,declaring that he is to own all of the towns water supply by buying out all of the contracts. View on the film:Though screenwriter/director Robert N. Bradbury sadly does not film most of the excellent stunts (including a stunt that John Ford would use later on for the classic film Stagecoach) in close up.His screenplay makes up for it,by being surprisingly very ahead of its times with looking at the subject of small landowners getting crushed by huge corporations.With the performances,John Wayne gives a very good cunning performance as Sandy,especially in the scenes that he shares with the beautiful Cecilia Earler. Final view on the film: A well-written, surprisingly modern story with great stunts and fun performances from Wayne and Earler.
writers_reign
Clearly once again I watched a different film to the majority of the people who have reviewed it here. Frankly it's BEYOND dire and God alone knows how any of the cast survived to actually have careers in movies. Arguably the most distinguished is Celia Parker, the Canadian actress playing the daughter of George (the 'Gabby' came later) Hayes and who, some four years later, played for the first time the elder sister of Andy Hardy, a role she reprised throughout the series. John Wayne is risible in the opening sequence which sees him riding a horse with no hands, the hands being engaged in holding and strumming a guitar as he warbles a song that is even worse than Elton John could aspire to. The plot - and it had to be ancient even in 1933 - is the old chestnut about the local 'businessman' holding the settlers to ransom because he owns all the water for miles around. If you're wondering how come I watched this piece of cheese at all it's because I bought a DVD containing Three movies, two half decent titles starring respectively Jimmy Stewart and Jimmy Cagney and then this turkey to make up the numbers. For masochists only.
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