The Lawless Frontier

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John Wayne in The Lawless Frontier (1934)

Mexican outlaw Zanti killed John Tobin's parents. John teams up with Dusty, also hurt by Zanti, to get the bad guy.Mexican outlaw Zanti killed John Tobin's parents. John teams up with Dusty, also hurt by Zanti, to get the bad guy.Mexican outlaw Zanti killed John Tobin's parents. John teams up with Dusty, also hurt by Zanti, to get the bad guy.

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5.1/10

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John Wayne

John Tobin

Sheila Terry

Ruby

George 'Gabby' Hayes

Dusty
(as George Hayes)

Jack Rockwell

Sheriff Luke Williams

Jay Wilsey

2nd Zanti Henchman
(as Buffalo Bill Jr.)

Yakima Canutt

Joe - Zanti's Henchman

Gordon De Main

Deputy Miller
(as Bud Wood)

Earl Dwire

Pandro Zanti Posing as Don Yorba

Tommy Coats

Townsman
(uncredited)

Herman Hack

Henchman
(uncredited)

Arthur Millett

Townsman
(uncredited)

Artie Ortego

Henchman
(uncredited)

Tex Phelps

Henchman
(uncredited)

Lloyd Whitlock

Background Townsman
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Director
- Robert N. Bradbury
Writer
- Robert N. Bradbury
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Trivia
The failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.

Goofs
During the chase, just before Ruby's horse goes down, a highway bridge is visible in the distance between the trees.

Quotes
The Sheriff: You're a slick, cunning wolf, Zanti, but I finally got ya.
Pandro Zanti: You forgot, Señor Sheriff, wolves run in packs. And mine is not far behind.

Alternate versions
The UK DVD is missing 5 secs of a horse being ridden off a cliff into a river.

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Hayes to Wayne, "I got a girl in the sack, and I can't swim."

Secret passages, dynamite explosions, lots of hard riding, and the great team of Hayes and Wayne, so what else can a front-row kid turned old geezer ask for. Nothing. The movie's got it all. Okay, the plot's got more crazy twists than a corkscrew and Earl Dwire's Mexican accent is the worst until Larry Storch's Gunfever (1958), but who cares. It's Wayne at his likable peak and Hayes's Gabby is about three-quarters complete. Some great stunts, as expected from a cast that includes maestro Yakima Canutt, along with a leading lady who really can ride (one bad trip-wire stunt, my only complaint). Watch for the unexpected and humorous twist when Wayne takes a short-cut to nail Dwire. Sometimes these programmers can surprise you. I guess kids don't play cowboy anymore. Computers have taken away imaginary play. Too bad. Now, if I were just x years younger, I'd strap on my cap pistol, get my stick horse and join up with the posse. But first I got to get me one of those really big, big hats.