A 1929 talkie where the cowboys still look like they're waiting for subtitles to catch up.
This Zane Grey adaptation stars square-jawed Jack Holt as a lawman going undercover to ferret out a notorious cattle rustler.
Acting
Jack Holt's jaw could deflect bullets.
Production
That awkward 1929 transition to audible dialogue.
Director
Otto Brower
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of Fox's first wave of 'Movietone' sound Westerns, hastily retrofitting Zane Grey's silent-era popularity for audiences now demanding to hear gunshots go BANG.
Jack Holt was the template for 1930s screen masculinity—his son Tim Holt would later ride similar trails in Stagecoach, making this a dynasty of determined jawlines.
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