Westward Ho

     John Wayne began his film career as a two-fisted pistol-packing cowboy in a series of memorable lane Star Westerns. As the young and handsome hero fought to bring law and order to the wild west, America discovered a new star, and a legend was born.While searching for the brother he has been separated from since childhood, John Wayne Forms a vigilante group to catch a Vicious band of outlaws. On the trail of the bandits, Wayne biggest fear: the brother he has been trying to find is the leader of the gang.

Comment:
    Newborn Republic Pictures utilizes the solid directoral ability of Robert Bradbury, and the presence of John Wayne along with Yakima Canutt and his troupe of stuntriders to produce this strongly scripted film of 1860s vigilante efforts to rid the Far West of outlaw bands that were involved in widespread robbery and cattle rustling. Bradbury, whose skill with Westerns dates back to the early silent period, directs and edits with a solid awareness of suspense, building his typically short scenes with sparse and, at times, stilted dialogue and an eye for proper cast placement which makes excellent use of defined personalities such as Wayne, Frank McGlynn Jr., and Glenn Strange, and gives particular value to the hard-riding stunt performers, who are splendid throughout this well-made (and musical) adventure filmed in California's Owens Valley, at the base of the Sierra Nevada.