When Buck is young his cattle stealing father is killed. Now grown Buck returns home still carrying the burden of his father's reputation. When he is framed for rustling, he finds an object that identifies Milt Fergus, the brother of his girl friend, as the rustler. Getting bailed out of jail he and his Uncle Ford have a plan to trap Milt.
Stunts
That cross-country steeplechase they literally built the marketing around.
Acting
Buck Jones wearing white hats so white they violate physics.
Practical Effects
Real horses, real dust, zero CGI cowboys falling off cliffs.
Director
Ray Taylor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of twelve films Buck Jones made in 1935 alone. Dude basically lived on a horse.
Ray Taylor directed over 100 Westerns because apparently one steeplechase was never enough. The title 'The Throwback' refers to Buck's old-school honor code—deeply unfashionable by 1935, weirdly aspirational now.
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