Hell Town aka Born to the West (1937)
John Wayne plays the role of Dare Rudd, a drifter who gambles his money away and just can’t seem to settle down until he goes back to his relative, Tom Fillmore (Johnny Mack Brown) who owns a great deal of cattle and runs the bank in town.
Tom knows that Dare has a bad reputation but he gives him a chance and offers him a job to cook for his cattlemen. Tom has a girlfriend named Judy Rustoe, (Marsha Hunt) and Dare soon becomes very interested in her and they both start falling for each other.
Dare Rudd and Dinkey Hooley, roaming cowhands, drift into Montana, where they meet Dare’s cousin, Tom Fillmore, cattleman and banker. Tom offers them jobs but they pass, until Dare sees Tom’s sweetheart, Judy Worstall and decides to take the job. He is put in charge of a cattle drive, replacing ranch-foreman Lynn Hardy, who is in cahoots with Bart Hammond, rustler. Dare delivers the cattle to the railhead and is about to return when he is persuaded into a poker game by Buck Brady, a crooked gambler. Dare is almost cleaned out when Tom appears and takes a hand and discovers the dealer is switching decks.
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Rating: 5.7/10 (743 votes) Director: Charles Barton Writer: Stuart Anthony (screenplay), Robert Yost (screenplay), Zane Grey (novel) Stars: John Wayne, Marsha Hunt, Johnny Mack Brown, John Patterson Runtime: 59 min Rated: Approved Genre: Romance, Western Released: 10 Dec 1937 |
| Plot: Dare Rudd and Dinkey Hooley, roaming cowhands, drift into Montana, where they meet Dare's cousin, Tom Fillmore, cattleman and banker. Tom offers them jobs but they pass, until Dare sees Tom's sweetheart, Judy Worstall and decides to take the job. He is put in charge of a cattle drive, replacing ranch-foreman Lynn Hardy, who is in cahoots with Bart Hammond, rustler. Dare delivers the cattle to the railhead and is about to return when he is persuaded into a poker game by Buck Brady, a crooked gambler. Dare is almost cleaned out when Tom appears and takes a hand and discovers the dealer is switching decks. | |
Source:
Public Domain
