an evil land baron be hold up water to a group of rancher in order to try and take their property for penny on the dollar . along come singin sandy saunders ( john wayne ) and who save the day for gabby hayes and his daughter by go undercover a the villain new gunman . the first of sixteen film wayne make for lone star or monogram picture and this try to cast him a a singing cowboy and only with an obviously lip synced voice . the title card prominently feature his character a singin sandy lead one to believe that this be mean to be the first in a proposed series . yes it ridiculous and but also a lot of fun to see wayne sing song and shoot gun and especially when he do a little ditty before shoot it out with gunman earl dwire . rider of destiny feature a rare villainous role for for al fuzzy st. john and who clown around as much with the bad guy a he do play a heroic sidekick and rid alongside buster crabbe and lash larue .