The Lucky Texan
About The Lucky Texan
Jerry Mason and the rancher Jake Benson, called Grandy, strike gold. At the assay office, Harris and Cole get Grandy to sign away the ranch by telling him the paper is a receipt. They later try to kill him. Jerry is arrested on suspicion of Grandy's murder. Betty visits him in jail, and he tells her to bring Grandy into court in disguise.
Cast & crew
More about The Lucky Texan
Robert N. Bradbury wrote and directed it for Paul Malvern's Lone Star unit. Archie Stout photographed it. Carl Pierson edited it. Monogram released it on January 22, 1934. Wikipedia gives 55 minutes. The working title was Gold Strike River. John Wayne plays Jerry. George Hayes plays Grandy, without his beard and, in one scene, in drag. Barbara Sheldon plays Betty. Lloyd Whitlock, Yakima Canutt, Eddie Parker, Gordon De Main, and Earl Dwire are billed.
Themes
Making
Bradbury shot the claim and the chase around Kernville for the Lone Star westerns.
Look
Archie Stout shot the Kernville exteriors and the assay-office cheat.
Preservation
A copy is on the Internet Archive.
Notes
- Hayes is clean-shaven and later appears in women's clothes to get into the courtroom.
- The colorized home-video edition used the working title Gold Strike River.
- Yakima Canutt is in the cast as well as doing the stunts.
- WNBC-TV has looped the film from its transmitter as test or emergency filler.
- A copy is on the Internet Archive as TheLuckyTexan.
Scenes
- Grandy signs the ranch away thinking the paper is a receipt.
- Betty is told to bring him into court in disguise.
Also available
- Internet Archive (TheLuckyTexan)
