I used to own an old VHS Columbia/Tri-Star video release of "Range Feud" (1931), but I gave it away several years ago. I recently replaced it with a very nice DVD print. What's interesting, and I don't know if the VHS was the same, is that the title at the beginning credits on the DVD is "Range Fued"! I often find actors' and actresses' names mis-spelled, but I've not seen too many film titles so, if ever. This is the Gail television release version from Hygo in 1953. Print quality is very good, but is dark in several places, not enough to warrant much notice, thankfully. Starring Buck Jones, Buck's co-stars are Susan Fleming and a young John Wayne, the latter fresh from his first first-name-in-the-credits starrer, "The Big Trail". Wayne is definitely relegated to second place in this film, but he's the guy they're all after - though he's innocent. He's been accused of killing Edward LeSaint, a cattle owner who's only recently come on the scene and who's been grazing his cattle in open ground possibly owned by Will Walling, and Walling is willing to begin a range war to halt the occurrence. Walling, although not Jones' father, has raised him since near infancy, and Wayne is his real son. Wayne and Jones are "best friends". Jones has been elected sheriff and now has to put Wayne in jail for the murder. He thinks Wayne's innocent, so now he must find the killer. I'll name the rest of the major cast; you see if you can pick out the baddie just by the names. It certainly won't be difficult for any "B" Western aficionado. Others in the cast include Wallace MacDonald, Harry Woods, Blackjack Ward, Frank Austin, Glenn Strange, Hank Bell, Bob Burns...that's enough. Any Western addict will know in the twinkling of an eye.
Pretty solid, if not common oater. Good actors in a well-directed piece (directed by D. Ross Lederman). Also photographed well. Lots of good riding scenes: in fact, too much of that to fill out the 64 minutes. Would have been fine at exactly an hour.
Pretty solid, if not common oater. Good actors in a well-directed piece (directed by D. Ross Lederman). Also photographed well. Lots of good riding scenes: in fact, too much of that to fill out the 64 minutes. Would have been fine at exactly an hour.