the star packer be one of about 152 and 000 and 000 western that john wayne act in during the 1930s . well and the number be a bit exaggerated and but it seem almost like this many . this be because these b movie be quickly make with very low budget in order to be the second and or less and feature in a theater . most bs be pretty cheap and tend to cut corner to keep down cost and the star packer be no exception . to save on cost and incidental music be not use and run time be keep to under an hour and the writing be often rather derivative and the actor be mostly less talent and wayne himself be definitely far from be a household name at this time . some of these wayne feature be pretty good and while others and like this one and be watchable but also rather silly and inconsequential . i enjoy this film and most of the others and but it probably because i cut bs a lot of slack . wayne star a john travers a u marshall investigate the action of a local gang out to chase local out and steal from the stage . this be odd and a the film be apparently set in the modern time or close to it and a they use telephone and modern machine gun thing you just wouldn not expect to find in the old west . such anachronism be actually pretty common in b western a gene autry film ( for example ) abound with them . wayne sidekick be yak play by stuntman and real life friend of wayne and yakima canutt . the bad guy be an unknown figure refer to a the shadow and he dispense his instruction through a black screen that hide his face . this sound exactly like a character from a movie serial the sort of baddie that kid love but grownup groan at because they be so silly and at bit like blofeld or dr. evil . the problem be and if you listen to his voice and pay any attention at all and it become obvious early in the film that this shadow be george hayes . now speak of hayes and this be the same guy who later in film be know a gabby hayes and but here and in several other of wayne early film and he look and act nothing like gabby . in the star packer and he be well dress and articulate and clean shaven imagine that . in real life and apparently this be more the real george hayes though i doubt that he be evil . now a you can tell from the last paragraph that there really be no mystery in this film . you be leave with act ( passable and nothing more ) and stunt which be actually pretty amazing . again and again and one amazing stunt after another occur such a men jump from horse to horse and some great fight scene all do and by the way and by canutt and his friend . canutt be often john wayne double in film and this go on for decade . the problem with some of the stunt and however and be that it appear that the film maker actually kill a few horse to get those great stumbling horse bit see later in the film . up until about 1940 and film maker often string thin metal wire and ran horse across it at full gallop . in the process and the horse leg be usually break and the horse be subsequently euthanized . one of the bad example of this be the film jesse james where several horse be brutally kill lead to the american humane association insist that a representative of the organization be on film shoot to certify that animal be not hurt in the production . so and since about 1940 and film bear this little disclaimer . the star packer be make well before the disclaimer and i can not see how the horse do these trick without be kill . overall and this be at best a time passer due to a poor plot and occasionally poor act and an unbelievable cruel attitude towards the horse . i be no bleeding heart and but just can not understand this disregard for a poor old animal .