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Hell Town

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Dare Rudd (John Wayne) and Dinkey (Syd Saylor) are two friends who love to gamble. Needing money and shelter, they travel to Montana to visit Rudd's cousin, Tom (John Mack Brown), who owns a successful cattle ranch. Dare quickly falls for Tom's girlfriend Judy (Marsha Hunt), who convinces Tom to give Dare a chance to prove himself by running a cattle drive. When he loses the herd in a high-stakes poker game, Dare joins forces with Tom and Dinkey to get the cattle back.
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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews One of the Duke's better B Westerns. Rated: B Jul 27, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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christopher c. m There isn't much of a story and this was the overall conservative starting enforcing the Hays Commission when the old head didn't care about the stupid rules. When the word Hell was considered taboo. Where the title that the studio was forced to use was "Born to the West". Neither one really works for the plot anyway. I think the Hays Commission was the dark ages of Hollywood. Back to the movie, the characters aren't exactly deep. But with all it's flaws, it is one hell of a chase and it is worth checking out. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Your basic Old School Hollywood Western written by Zane Grey and starring a young John Wayne. It passed the time. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member It was typical of westerns from the late '30s. It passed the time barely, I couldn't finish it. The only draw and it's one redeemable feature was that it was interesting to see John Wayne early in his career and before he was a big star. He was a little comical looking in those oversized hats typical to the era. His voice was unmistakable, even if his face was. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Very good movie. Remember this is 1937. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Initially released as "Born to the West", a pre-"Stagecoach" Wayne stars as an irresponsible young cowboy put in charge of a cattle drive by his cousin (Johnny Mack Brown). Wayne screws up, loses the money from the cattle in a crooked card game, and all sorts of shoot outs between Wayne, cattle rustlers and card cheats resolve the plot in time for Wayne to settle down with Marsha Hunt. It's all briskly paced and lots of fun if not exactly brilliant. Based on a Zane Grey novel. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member paramount borrowed wayne for this Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Dare Rudd (John Wayne) and Dinkey (Syd Saylor) are two friends who love to gamble. Needing money and shelter, they travel to Montana to visit Rudd's cousin, Tom (John Mack Brown), who owns a successful cattle ranch. Dare quickly falls for Tom's girlfriend Judy (Marsha Hunt), who convinces Tom to give Dare a chance to prove himself by running a cattle drive. When he loses the herd in a high-stakes poker game, Dare joins forces with Tom and Dinkey to get the cattle back.
Director
Charles Barton
Producer
William T. Lackey
Screenwriter
Stuart Anthony, Robert Yost
Distributor
Paramount Pictures
Production Co
Paramount Pictures
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 10, 1937, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 11, 2016
Runtime
59m
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