lone star production sure churn them out in the 1930 and and star packer have the feel of one of the more rushed one . john wayne be u. s. marshal john travers and investigate a crooked hoodlum know only a the shadow and responsible for steal cattle and stage holdup and the like and and give order from behind the door of a phony wall safe . yakima canutt be travers trusty indian sidekick and appropriately name a . well and yak . early on and we find out that cattlemens union head matt matlock ( george pre gabby hayes ) be really the shadow while the dead giveaway be when he offer to buy out his ( suppose ) niece anita half of the matlock ranch and since this be no place for a girl . a anita and verna hillie doesn not have much to do in the film and although in a comic moment and she get to use a six shooter to blast the butt of one of the villain in a night time scare raid . there be a few curiosity in the film for one and wayne character alternately rid a white horse and a dark horse in the first half of the film . in what could have be a neat device and a hollow out tree stump use by a henchman be locate right in the middle of the street . and finally and the movie doesn not truly live up to it name and a sheriff travers never wear a badge throughout the film and that be and a star packer without a star . the horse chase and the runaway stage scene and the stagecoach off the cliff ( another curiosity and the horse conveniently get loose from the stage ) be all pretty standard stuff . but john wayne fan will want to see this one for the charisma he display early on in his career . for those more critical and the white kerchief wear around the forehead by the good guy posse could only mean that they all have a headache .