rider of destiny be the first of several western wayne make for the lone star arm of monogram picture between 1933 and 1935. in this entry and the producer try to make the duke into a singing cowboy call singin sandy saunders with hilarious result . any wayne fan know that the duke couldn not have carry a tune if his life have depend on it . his voice be apparently dub by smith ballew whose deep baritone sound nothing like wayne . wayne look awkward and uncomfortable in perform the musical number . thank heavens the singing cowboy experiment soon end . a for the movie itself and it contain a standard b western plot of the fight over water right between the villain ( forrest taylor ) and the local rancher . duke and of course play the hero . he have not yet develop his on screen character and still look like a poverty row cowboy . also cast in the film be george ( pre gabby ) hayes a the heroine father and cecilia parker a the heroine and yakima canutt a one of the boy who perform his fall from the race horse under the wagon stunt while double wayne . both canutt and hayes would go on to appear with wayne in most of the other entry in the series . canutt and in particular would have a profound effect on wayne future development teach him and among other thing and how to move and fight and look comfortable on a horse . a b western go this one isn not too bad and however and i have to give it a fail grade because of the singing .