The Man from Utah
About The Man from Utah
John Weston, broke and riding out of Utah, shoots three men who are robbing a bank. Marshal George Higgins puts him into a crooked rodeo: riders who are about to win the purse have been dying of snakebite. Spike Barton runs the show and means to leave with the town's money. Weston enters, wins the events, and works out the snakebite killings. He also wins Marjorie, the local judge's daughter.
Cast & crew
More about The Man from Utah
Paul Malvern produced the Monogram B-western. Robert N. Bradbury directed. Lindsley Parsons wrote it. It was in production from the end of March to April 3, 1934, and Monogram released it on May 15. It was the sixth Wayne Lone Star western under the Monogram banner. Wayne was paid $1,250. Archie Stout photographed it at Lone Pine. Carl Pierson edited.
Themes
Look
Archie Stout shot the Lone Pine exteriors, including the rodeo grounds and the bank-robbery street.
Music
Lee Zahler is credited with the music. Wayne's sung number uses another voice.
Notes
- Polly Ann Young plays Marjorie Carter. Edward Peil Sr. is Spike Barton. George Hayes is Marshal Higgins.
- Yakima Canutt plays Cheyenne Kent. Anita Campillo is Dolores. George Cleveland is a Nevada sheriff. Lafe McKee is Judge Carter.
- Wayne has a singing-cowboy scene. The voice is dubbed.
- Up to this picture, Bradbury had directed every Wayne Lone Star film except Sagebrush Trail.
- Bradbury was the father of western star Bob Steele. Polly Ann Young was a sister of Loretta Young.
Scenes
- Weston drops three men outside the bank before the marshal even hires him.
- Riders who look ready to take the purse die of snakebite.
- Weston stays on through Barton's events and names the killer.
- He sings, and the voice on the track is not his.
Also available
- Internet Archive (TheManFromUtah)
- Wikimedia Commons (The Man From Utah (1934).webm)
