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The Star Packer

Play trailer Poster for The Star Packer Released Jul 30, 1934 53m Western Play Trailer Watchlist
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Loner U.S. Marshal John Travers (John Wayne) foils the hold-up of a stagecoach, rescuing young woman Anita Matlock (Verna Hillie) from the clutches of the crooks and helping her back to town. But there, the sheriff is gunned down by bandits, so Travers starts investigating and connects the murder to a gang, led by an unidentified bandit known as the Shadow, who's been running the town ragged for some time. Travers then makes it his mission to restore order to the town and bring down the Shadow.
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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Improbable plot. Rated: C- Aug 18, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Georgan G Another silly B-grade Western with Wayne, his usual backup cast & a new female lead. Same as the rest, but, at least this has a little mystery. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/09/25 Full Review Leaburn O It's a really short Wayne Western from 1934. Fast paced and never dull. A white guy playing a native Indian obviously…predictable stuff but quite a fun picture. Bought DVD for £1. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/31/23 Full Review Logan M The only thing notable about this dull western affair is that behind the scenes, John Wayne met Wyatt Earp, who he would model all of his future performances after. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Other than not being able to set the year the story is in, I enjoyed the film. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member This is one of John Wayne's many low budget B-movie westerns. It's a very quiet movie. Almost a silent film with only a little background noise and very few lines of dialog. Just enough talking to move the story along. It's a proto-type of the Lone Ranger shows. The hero rides a white horse and has an Indian side-kick. He's on a secret mission to find the identity of the leader of an outlaw gang. Although it's set in the old west with horses, stagecoaches, wagons and a canoe the only female character wears 1920's era clothes and the bad guys have a World War I machine gun. Most of the movie is just people riding around on horses. When John Wayne goes into a secret tunnel at night he has a flashlight. I don't think they had flashlights in the old west. Then at the end of the movie after they catch the bad guy they jump 5 years into the future and John Wayne and the female lead are married with a little boy. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Quick John Wayne B-movie. No real plot, just Saturday morning fun. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Robert N. Bradbury

Director

John Wayne

U.S. Marshal John Travers

Verna Hillie

Anita Matlock

George "Gabby" Hayes

Matt Matlock

Yakima Canutt

Yak

Earl Dwire

Henchman Mason
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Synopsis Loner U.S. Marshal John Travers (John Wayne) foils the hold-up of a stagecoach, rescuing young woman Anita Matlock (Verna Hillie) from the clutches of the crooks and helping her back to town. But there, the sheriff is gunned down by bandits, so Travers starts investigating and connects the murder to a gang, led by an unidentified bandit known as the Shadow, who's been running the town ragged for some time. Travers then makes it his mission to restore order to the town and bring down the Shadow.
Director
Robert N. Bradbury
Producer
Paul Malvern
Screenwriter
Robert N. Bradbury
Production Co
Monogram
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 30, 1934, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 11, 2016
Runtime
53m
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