GrimPrecise I'll tell you why so serious

Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

Abbigail Bush what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

JohnHowardReid This is the twelfth of the fourteen Lone Star westerns in which John Wayne starred between 1933 and 1935. Unfortunately, it is not one of the most action-packed in the series. In fact, there are only three action sequences in the whole movie, including two at the beginning and the customary double climax. And none are staged with the breathtaking vigor of "The Lawless Frontier" or even "West of the Divide". True, a couple of the stunt falls are daring enough and the locations are well utilized, but writer-director Robert North Bradbury's camera in the hands of photographer William Hyer, is a bit light on running inserts. The stunts are all shot from fixed positions. And the climax is further marred by the obvious insertion of ancient stock footage. Instead we are treated to a comic milking contest between Fern Emmett and Henry Roquemore! As if all this were not inducements enough to give "Texas Terror" a miss, the heroine did not take my fancy at all, and the bad guys did not impress me either, though it was good to see Buffalo Bill, Jr. in a fairly sizable role as a sort of chief henchman to the chief villain. However, apart from Wayne himself, who turns in his usual capable performance, the most interesting player is George Hayes. Although he turns in an odd scene or two speaking in his usual wheedling old sourdough voice, for the most part he employs his natural accents. In fact, it's weird to see Hayes with such a neatly trimmed beard, let alone to hear this impeccably mellifluous voice issuing from his lips. Perhaps he felt the role needed more dignity – and he was dead right. In fact, Hayes is one of the very few members of the Lone Star stock company (Wayne is another) who can make writer-director Bradbury's clichéd and instant information dialogue seem at least halfway convincing.

dougdoepke No need to repeat the plot. This matinée special has a number of interesting features. Reviewer jayraskin1 is right—this is one of the young Wayne's better performances since he has to run a gamut of emotions from shame to anger. He's actually a better actor than these two-reelers required, and I wouldn't be surprised this was a feature where the great John Ford caught Wayne's potential before elevating him to the A-class in Stagecoach (1939). Then too, I enjoyed the old flivver chugging down the road. Sure, there are some questionable anachronisms like the antique telephone. But it's fun and revealing to see these early editions of everyday modern contraptions. Also, the milking contest is a charming hoot, expertly done by the two characters playing the yokels. I wish I could say the same for the leading lady who at one point declaims like she's center stage doing Shakespeare. But wonder of wonders, catch an apparently well-groomed George (Gabby) Hayes in several scenes where, dare I say it, he looks almost handsome! I'm still wondering about that and whether I should have any more 12-packs while enjoying these oaters. Speaking of visual oddities, is that about ten seconds of a subjective camera in the movie's first part when the scene goes all blurry as though we're peering through the blurry eyes of the leading lady (I believe it was hers and not mine!). If so, it's one of the few subjective shots in a genre not known for arty effects, to say the least. Anyway, I'm glad Lone Star popped enough money to put the larger than usual cast including extras into the piney mountains east of LA. The locale may not be the scenic Sierras, but it sure beats the scrubby hills of city outskirts. All in all, it's a better-than- average entry for fans of the Lone Star- Wayne series.

classicsoncall The story line in "Texas Terror" is built on a fairly weak plot line; throughout the film, John Higgins (John Wayne) believes that he killed his old friend Dan Matthews in a shootout that takes place at the beginning of the movie. Having just chased a gang that committed a robbery to Matthews' cabin, it never occurred to Higgins that maybe he was killed by one of the bad guys. Where's ballistics when you need them? Upset over his friend's death, Higgins gives up his sheriff's badge, and it passes to former sheriff Ed Williams (George pre-Gabby Hayes). Higgins heads out of town to take up a solitary life as a prospector, and turns in a good deed when he helps a young Indian boy with a broken leg, thereby earning Chief Black Eagle's gratitude, which will come in handy later on.Eventually, Matthews' daughter Beth (Lucile Brown) returns home to run her father's ranch, and hires on John Higgins as her foreman. There's something she can't quite connect to Higgins' voice, though earlier he rescued her from a bandit gang in his unshaven, unkempt guise. Higgins keeps Beth at a distance, knowing that when she learns of his involvement with her father's death someday, she will wind up hating him.It's interesting to see how primitive these early films were in their exposition of key story elements. The movie relies on a lot of eavesdropping and coincidence for the characters to interact, for example, Wayne's character overhears the Martin boys discuss their plan to rob the Wells Fargo safe, while Beth follows Higgins to observe him open the safe after he got the combination from the banker.The lead heavy in the film is Joe Dickson (LeRoy Mason), and in league with the Martins, he plans to rustle the Lazy M horses and use the proceeds to impress Miss Beth. By this time, Higgins decides he needs to get to the bottom of Dan Matthews' death, realizing that maybe he wasn't the guilty party. He calls upon Black Eagle to foil the horse heist, and as the tribe swings into action, Higgins first gets the drop on Blackie Martin (Jay Wilsey), who in turn fingers Dickson for his crimes, all the way back to Dan Matthews' murder.As in virtually all of the mid 1930's Lone Star Westerns, John Wayne winds up winning the female lead, usually shown with the two in a clinch at the end of the film or riding off into the sunset. Here it's done more by innuendo, as Black Eagle and another rider watch Beth enter the cabin where Higgins is. After two hours, the men get weary and decide to leave after offering comments on how unpredictable women can be. Two hours? I wonder what they were doing!

lwf31407_2k1 Wayne portrays a Texas sheriff at around the turn of the 20th century who is framed for the murder of his best friend. His best friends daughter finds out about what is believed to be The Sherriff's brutal act, yet Wayne finds out the truth and brings the real killers to justice. Kudos to the Duke!