Riders of Destiny (1933)

Riders of Destiny (1933). 53m | Passed

“An evil land baron is holding up water to a group of ranchers in order to try and take their properties for pennies on the dollar. Along comes Singinu0026#39; Sandy Saunders (John Wayne), who saves the day for Gabby Hayes and his daughter by going undercover as the villainu0026#39;s newest gunman.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe first of sixteen films Wayne made for Lone Star/ Monogram Pictures, this tries to cast him as a singing cowboy, only with an obviously lip-synced voice. The title card prominently features his character as u0026quot;Singinu0026#39; Sandyu0026quot; leading one to believe that this was meant to be the first in a proposed series!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eYes itu0026#39;s ridiculous, but also a lot of fun to see Wayne singing songs and shooting guns, especially when he does a little ditty before shooting it out with gunman Earl Dwire.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eRiders Of Destiny features a rare villainous role for for Al u0026quot;Fuzzyu0026quot; St. John, who clowns around as much with the bad guys as he did playing a heroic sidekick, riding alongside Buster Crabbe and Lash LaRue.”