Rodeo (1934)

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Movie
German title rodeo
Original title The Man from Utah
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1934
length 52 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Robert N. Bradbury
script Lindsley Parsons
production Paul Malvern
music Lee Payers
camera Archie Stout
cut Carl Pierson
occupation

Rodeo (original title: The Man from Utah ) is a western from the Lone Star series by Lone Star Productions . It was published by Monogram Pictures Corporation on May 15, 1934. Directed by Robert N. Bradbury .

action

Looking for work, John Weston is hired by Marshal George Higgins to help investigate anomalies at the Dalton Valley Rodeo. The winner seems to have always been certain at the rodeos in the area, better participants had been prematurely murdered by a needle with snake venom. He now fears the same in Dalton Valley. John should contact the gang in order to finally arrest them.

Both ride to Dalton Valley together. On the way there, John observes how the stagecoach on the same route is about to be ambushed. Coming from behind, he throws the attackers off their horses one after the other, thus foiling the attack. One of the two female passengers, Marjorie Carter, invites him to her home. Her father, played by Lafe McKee, is a judge and owner of the local bank.

Shortly after arriving, the two men meet and Carter offers John a job as sheriff. He tells him that he has doubts about the reliability of the rodeo organizers, especially since they also control the betting shops. John refuses the job. On the first day of the rodeo, the gang, led by Spiker Barton, who run the rodeo, discover that John Weston could indeed be better than her own husband, Chayenne Kent. She decides, for once, not to kill John, but to beat him up to prevent him from further participation and thus from overall victory.

In the evening John receives an invitation from Marjorie but also from Dolores, who had also traveled by coach. John had observed that she had secretly signaled the robbers with a handkerchief during the stagecoach robbery. For tactical reasons, he accepts Dolores' invitation to Marjorie's disappointment. At home, his main opponent in the Chayenne rodeo competition is introduced by Dolores as her brother. As the conversation progresses, the lights go out and members of the gang attempt to beat John up according to the plan. John escapes and tries to report the incident to the local sheriff. The sheriff doesn't believe him.

Later in the saloon, Spiker speaks to John, excuses the attack on John by his people with a mix-up and offers him $ 2,000 if he does not win the competition the next day. John pretends to go into the business and gets to know the rest of the gang. Spiker has no plans to spare John. On the second day, the still suspicious John also finds a needle in his saddle before he gets on the horse. While he wins the rodeo match, the gang raids the local bank.

Dolores informs John of the facts, whereupon John immediately rides into town. When he arrives, the local sheriff wants to arrest him as a member of the gang, but is forced by the marshal to release John. John immediately starts the pursuit of the perpetrators, catches Spiker and hands him over to the marshal along with the poisoned needle as evidence. Back in town, he marries Marjorie.

Background information

The film was shot as part of the Lone Star series . In this film, John Wayne can be seen as the Singing Cowboy with the song Sing Me a Song of the Wild , but his vocals are not his but Jack Kirk's .

The film was shot in Alabama Hills and on the Owens River in Lone Pine . Some rodeo scenes are from archive footage that shows rodeo rider Sam Garrett .

There are some minor and major film mistakes to be found in the film; a smaller mistake can be seen on a poster. The film presents itself in the look of a western set in the old western days. However, there is an announcement on a poster for a rodeo show that took place on May 1, 1932.

The film became a public domain in the United States due to its age . In Germany, the film was released together with the John Wayne films MacLintock and Showdown am Adlerpaß in the John Wayne Collection of the FNM . Rodeo was also shown in Germany as part of the ZDF Western series Western von Yesterday , which was broadcast from May 1978 to July 1986.

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