Randy Rides Alone

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Jailed for murders he didn't commit, Randy escapes only to stumble into the den of the real murderers.Jailed for murders he didn't commit, Randy escapes only to stumble into the den of the real murderers.Jailed for murders he didn't commit, Randy escapes only to stumble into the den of the real murderers.

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5.3/10

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John Wayne

Randy Bowers

Alberta Vaughn

Sally Rogers

George 'Gabby' Hayes

Marvin Black aka Matt the Mute
(as George Hayes)

Yakima Canutt

Henchman Spike

Earl Dwire

Sheriff

Artie Ortego

Deputy Al
(as Arthur Artego)

Tex Phelps

Deputy

Horace B. Carpenter

Ed Rogers
(uncredited)

Tommy Coats

Kidnapper Joe
(uncredited)

Herman Hack

Posse Rider
(uncredited)
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Perry Murdock

Kidnapper Slim
(uncredited)

Tex Palmer

Henchman
(uncredited)

Mack V. Wright

Deputy
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Though released in 1934 (5-6 years after the first talkies), the film is shot very much like a silent movie. Some scenes are silent except for the random sound effect. Dialog seems kept to a minimum, and sound quality of dialog is generally very poor (though this may be related to the quality of the specific print being shown by TCM). Camera moves are sometimes shaky and frame rate often makes movement jerky.

Goofs
The Vollmer player piano shown in the saloon wasn't produced until the early twentieth century.

Quotes
Marvin Black, alias Matt Matthews: Well, where's the money?
Henchman Spike: We didn't get it. It wasn't in the safe.
Marvin Black, alias Matt Matthews: Whaddya mean, you didn't get it?
Henchman Spike: I'm telling you we couldn't find it.
Marvin Black, alias Matt Matthews: And you call yourselves "bad men"! I should have left you where I found you - brandin' calves!

Alternate versions
In 1985, Fox/Lorber Associates, Inc. and Classics Associates, Inc. copyrighted a version with new original music composed and orchestrated by William Barber. It was distributed for television by Fox/Lorber.

Connections
Edited into Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (1976)

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7/10

The Villainous Gabby Hayes

John Wayne enters a saloon to find a player piano tinkling the ivories to a room full of dead people and is promptly arrested! The real culprit is Hayes, who masquerades as kindly Matt the mute (!) and had the men killed as part of a land grab scheme.

There isn't as much action in Randy Rides Alone as there is in some of the other John Wayne/ Lone Star productions, though there are a few good stunts courtesy of Yakima Canutt, the one where he leaps forward off a rolling horse being a particular standout.

What really makes this good is the irresistible chance to see one of the few performances in which the clean shaven George Hayes plays a black-hatted heavy.

Waynes quip, "That's the end of Matt the mute.", is priceless!