The Man from Monterey

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John Wayne and Ruth Hall in The Man from Monterey (1933)

A cavalry officer helps save a family's ranch from land grabbers.A cavalry officer helps save a family's ranch from land grabbers.A cavalry officer helps save a family's ranch from land grabbers.

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5.3/10

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John Wayne

Captain John Holmes

Duke

Duke - John's Horse

Ruth Hall

Dolores Castanares

Luis Alberni

Felipe

Donald Reed

Don Luis Gonzales

Nina Quartero

Anita Garcia
(as Nena Quartero)

Francis Ford

Don Pablo Gonzales

Lafe McKee

Don Jose Castanares

Lillian Leighton

Juanita

Slim Whitaker

Jake Morgan
(as Charles Whitaker)

Sam Appel

Garcia - Bartender
(uncredited)

Hank Bell

Morgan Rider
(uncredited)

Buck Bucko

Morgan Rider
(uncredited)

Roy Bucko

Morgan Rider
(uncredited)

Jim Corey

Soldier
(uncredited)

Joe Dominguez

Gonzales Henchman
(uncredited)

Frank Ellis

Frank - One of Morgan's Men
(uncredited)

Jack Evans

Orderly
(uncredited)

Director
- Mack V. Wright
Writer
- Leslie Mason
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Trivia
Leon Schlesinger, who in addition to creating and overseeing the Warner Bros. animation unit, also produced films for the studio's B-western unit. He signed a broad-shouldered young actor named John Wayne partly out of his physical resemblance to Warners' silent-era cowboy star Ken Maynard in order to more easily match the stunts and footage taken from the earlier Maynard silents that were to be inserted into a series of remakes of those films, of which this is one.

Quotes
Captain John Holmes: You know, Felipe, there's something suspicious about all this.
Felipe Guadalupe Constacio Delgado Santa Cruz de la Verranca: Senor, we shall consult the cards. They never fail. Ah, they never fail.
Captain John Holmes: Aw, stick those cards in your...
Felipe Guadalupe Constacio Delgado Santa Cruz de la Verranca: SEÑOR!
Captain John Holmes: ...in your pocket. Come on.

Crazy credits
Opening cards:

California -- 1848

The rancho castanares-- near the pueblo Santa Barbara. A vast domain, reaching from the mountains to the sea...

Connections
Features The Canyon of Adventure (1928)

Soundtracks
Must I Say Adios?
(uncredited)
Written by Edward Ward

"Since these cursed Americanos came, there's been no time for play, for love, for anything!"

Cavalry officer John Wayne fights Spaniards over land rights and over a pretty senorita. Early baby-faced Wayne doesn't do much to hint at what's to come later in his career. Luis Alberni is fun at times. Ruth Hall and Nina Quartero pretty things up. One of a half-dozen B westerns John Wayne made for Leon Schlesinger and WB in the early '30s. These are all watchable but ultimately forgettable. This one's not great and has some particularly spotty stunt work. If you're a John Wayne completist and you want to see all of his films, go right ahead and watch this. Everybody else should probably look elsewhere for something with more meat on the bone.