In Cottonwood, Texas, claim-jumper Alexander Stiles killed John Clayborn's parents when they refused to sell their ranch to him. Ten years later, John, now a lawyer, returns under the name of John Clay to exact vengeance.
Is it worth your time? If you like your westerns lean, mean, and over before you can finish a bag of popcorn, sure. It’s for the die-hard John Wayne fans who want to see him playing a lawyer who spends way more time shooting guns than reading legal briefs. If you’re looking for complex moral dilemmas or pacing that bre...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Joseph Kane
Edgar Jones
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"Is it worth your time? If you like your westerns lean, mean, and over before you can finish a bag of popcorn, sure. It’s for the die-hard John Wayne fans who want to see him playing a lawyer who spends way more time shooting guns than reading legal briefs. If you’re looking for complex moral dilemmas or pacing that breathes, look somewhere else. King of the Pecos is exactly what you expect from a 1936 B-movie. It doesn’t pretend to be The Lash. It’s a scrappy little thing that just wants to get..."
Dorrell McGowan, Bernard McConville, Stuart E. McGowan
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