Ride Him Cowboy (1932)

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

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)

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

Cinematography
Ted D. McCord

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

Goofs
Continuity
When the horse tries to untie the knot to free Drury the knot changes several times.
He actually reties it once by mistake.

Memorable Quotes

Filming Locations
Unknown

Ride Him Cowboy

Ride Him, Cowboy is a 1932 remake of The Unknown Cavalier
It was directed by Fred Allen and starred 25-year-old John Wayne.
The film was titled The Hawk in the UK.

This is the 2nd. of 6 films Duke made with WB, as re-makes of some
silent films, that Ken Maynard had made,
This one is a 1932 remake of 1926 Western film The Unknown Cavalier,
with lots of stock footage from the original

These Duke versions were made, to use up unused film, that WB had,
featuring Ken Maynard and his miracle horse.
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 noticeably different.

Duke was billed
"The screen's new star of the Saddle"
Critics agreed, that he was a dashing figure of a man

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.

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User Review

too early for the Duke
12 June 2005 | by schles-1 (somewhere in the middle east)

Quote from schles

Worth watching Duke (the horse)...Duke (the human) leaves a lot to be desired.

As a fairly early Western, this picture has many of the classic ingredients...
bad guys, good guys, romance, lively crowds of town folks,and even a horse for a hero.
The problem is sub-par acting, a ridiculous script, and amateurish direction.
However, even with these faults whatever possible enjoyment
Western fans might have found is ruined by the incredibly poor acting of John Wayne.
It's impossible not to be distracted by his low level of performance and even a cowboy fanatic like myself
could not suffer more than a few of his awkward scenes before fleeing the scene myself.

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