Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Kidskycom It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

ActuallyGlimmer The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

boblipton George O'Brien wants to sell the ranch he's just inherited, but the lawyer tells him that he can't get a good price for it. Five thousand head of cattle have disappeared. When he goes to the ranch to make enquiries, everyone assumes he's another saddle tramp who has fallen in love at first sight with the manager's daughter, Irene Hervey, so they give him a job and make fun of him.This B western is something special. Under the direction of comedy specialist Eddie Cline, the performers get to act with great charm, and the tricks that are played on O'Brien are deadly -- and funny. Sid Saylor plays the comic sidekick, but he's not simply another clown, but a smart, tough cowboy with a strong goofy streak. There is plenty of good location shooting, with a beautiful long shot for the final confrontation. For a B western, this is as good as it gets.

Michael Morrison Syd Saylor was as good a serious side-kick as ever forked a horse, but he was thoroughly capable of playing a comic, or occasionally comic, partner as well.He proved it in this excellent B Western, with a lot of by-play between him and star George O'Brien.O'Brien was as good-looking and healthy a specimen as ever played a cowboy hero, fully capable of action heroics as well as romantic scenes.The story, by iconic Zane Grey, is beautifully presented in a script by Barry Barringer directed by Edward Cline.What makes this stand out is the characterization by all the performers, including the lovely Irene Hervey. She plays a spoiled, even seemingly conceited young lady of the range in a breezy city-slicker manner, but proves actually very likable, if sometimes flighty.LeRoy Mason, here Le Roy, is his usual good-looking but rotten villain, alternating between seemingly likable and trustworthy ranch foreman and lecherous and traitorous thief.Again, the entire cast is just about perfect, from the briefly seen Vesper Pegg, who just steals his scene of bringing up a mount, to the West-loving Earl Dwire, to Slim Whitaker and Lafe McKee and ... well, several others, none of whom get screen credit, but who all give us good reason to praise IMDb for providing the information.There are a couple of flaws, a moment of trite action happening in just the right place, for example, that brought down the rating from that perfect 10, but I highly recommend "The Dude Ranger" which is available at YouTube.

bkoganbing The dude in this case is George O'Brien who's been back east, but is on a trip to Arizona to inspect a cattle ranch which is one of his many holdings. But there's been cattle rustling a plenty going on their and when Irene Hervey mistakes him for a new cowhand and orders him around, O'Brien plays along to find out what's been happening.Suspicion falls on Irene's dad who certainly acts very suspicious. He's played by Henry Hall and he runs the office and keeps the records for the ranch. But when you've got a foreman like LeRoy Mason who is a stock villain in about a gazillion B westerns of the time you know where the hammer will fall eventually.O'Brien has a light and breezy personality and he's one cowboy hero who definitely likes the girls more than his horse. Of course he is a New York playboy to start so his interests are natural. And Irene Hervey is definitely an eyeful.Syd Saylor as Nebraskey does very well in the sidekick part, he's the best thing in The Dude Ranger. Adapted from a Zane Grey novel by RKO, The Dude Ranger was probably on the second half of possibly an Astaire- Rogers musical back in the day. I'm sure no one was disappointed.

sbibb1 This Western is based on a Zane Grey story about a crooked rancher who is stealing cattle. George O'Brien plays the owner of the ranch, who through a case of mistaken identity, is thought to be the Dude Ranger on the ranch. He is after the crooked bosses daughter, played by Irene Harvey.The film as the typical western sidekick, in this case a guitar playing singer. The film is OK, nothing special, and is an example of a cheap B-Western film, filmed with spectacular scenery. Irene Hervey was loaned out from her home film studio to play the role in this film. LeRoy Mason plays one of the villains.