The Lawless Nineties (1936)

52% User Rating

55min

Federal Agents Tipton and Bridger have been sent to Wyoming where the vote on statehood is imminent. Plummer and his gang are out to make sure the vote fails. When Plummer's men kill Bridger, Tipton fights on. He sends fake telegrams that trap some of Plummer's men. Then he organizes the ranchers and on election day they descend on the town barricaded by Plummer's gang.

Joseph KaneDirector

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John Wayne

John Tipton

Ann Rutherford

Janet Carter

Harry Woods

Charles K. Plummer

George 'Gabby' Hayes

Major Carter

Al Bridge

Steele

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Moses

Etta McDaniel

Mandy Lou Schaefer

Tom Brower

Marshal Bowen

Lane Chandler

Bridger

Cliff Lyons

Henchman Davis

Jack Rockwell

Smith

Al Taylor

Henchman Red

Charles King

Henchman Hartley

George Chesebro

Henchman Green

Tracy Layne

Belden

Chuck Baldra

Tex

Sam Flint

Justice Department official

Tom London

Henchman Ward

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CinemaSerf

Rating 60%

June 19, 2022

John Wayne teams up, again, with Gabby Hayes in this tale of Wyoming's entry into the United States. Undercover federal agent "Tipton" arrives to discover, though, that there are plenty of big noises against the union - not least the ruthless "Plummer" (Harry Woods) who is using every means at his disposal to intimidate the voters and to wreck the proposed plebiscite. Plenty of gunpoint diplomacy and duplicity keep this moving along quite well for just under an hour. Hayes is great as the feisty newspaper editor "Carter", and there is quite an enjoyable contribution from Etta McDaniel too. Jeopardy? Of course not, but it is still fun to watch with decent production standards and plenty of action.