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

Short B western from Duke in his 1930s WB days

In 1848, Spanish landowners are losing their lands when the US government refuses to acknowledge the land grants given years before to the citizens. Some unscrupulous types are also using the upheaval as an opportunity to swindle others. Cavalry officer John Holmes (John Wayne) is sent to make sure that the land owners know that they have a chance to register their lands with the government, which upsets scheming bad guys Don Luis (Donald Reed) and Don Pablo (Francis Ford). Holmes tries to outwit them while also wooing local beauty Dolores (Ruth Hall).

This is a little better than many of the other Wayne/Duke movies, with an emphasis on character, and better costumes and sets. It's still pretty bad, though, with stilted acting and an uninspired script. Luis Alberni gets a scene in drag. It's largely interesting from a standpoint of seeing what John Wayne was doing between The Big Trail and Stagecoach.