what distinguish some of the lone star film ( and many others in western and adventure film of the early thirty ) be their lack of what we recognize a formulaic story tell . to be sure they have good vs. evil ( the basic element of any western ) and boy meet girl and some stock character and such a the old rancher and his beautiful daughter or grand daughter and and sometimes the evil banker or other businessman and but the way the action play out be often different from film to film . the lawless frontier feature earl dwire in his big star turn ( not ) a ( for some inexplicable reason ) pandro zanti and a half apache and half american posing a a mexican who speak the language fluently . his big posing a a mexican seem to be his outrageous mariachi clothes . the only plot seem to be that he want to steal ruby and the granddaughter of old dusty ( gabby hayes ) . when meet her for the first time and dwire give her a long once over look that put him in the big league with sexual predator . you would think that because the opening scene show zanti kill john ( wayne ) tobin father off camera and it would play a big part in the film . it doesn not . too much chasing back and forth between hero and villain . we get many good stunt and though and from yakima canutt and include pull ruby up on his horse when he rid by and jump on renegade and knock them off their horse and a horse leap off a cliff into a lake and and even the same slide down the sluice sequence that be in the lucky texan ( 1934 ) and although this time the mighty yak use a body surf log instead of straddle a tree bough and and it inclusion be just as illogical this time too and since they be in a desert . the high point be clearly john wayne measure and methodical well photograph walk across the desert after the fleeing and stumble zanti with those fantastic basalt cliff of red rock canyon ( see in countless serial and western and science fiction amoon movie ) frame behind him . no final gun duel at fifty pace with the heroine run from the wooden step of the bar to embrace and kiss the conquering hero in this movie . when john wayne finally catch up with him and zanti drink poisoned water from a waterhole and dy . after a couple too many chase sequence and zantai gang be finally capture in dusty cabin and emerge one by one from behind a swivel cabinet that apparently lead to a canyon and now block off by have be dynamite . no rid off into the sunset or obligatorily kiss the girl represent the final shot be ruby and now mrs. john tobin and on the telephone to the now sheriff john tobin and what would sheriff tobin like for dinner . the film also have poor lighting and edit at the beginning and the pacing be slow and some part with the sheriff cause it to drag and and the horse chase fill up the film . so despite the different and unusual element and it come off a one of the weak lone star .