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The Big Stampede / Ride Him Cowboy / Haunted Gold

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People bash the 50-60 minute "oaters" of the 30's...and now that I've watched these three and the three on the other Wayne set that just came out..i say forget them! These are fun movies, kind of like longer westerns with the boring stuff cut out! The critics say these were all filmed in just a day or two...well the stories usually are about a day or two....and there is great riding, shooting, action and backstabbing in these action packed hours...and JOHN WAYNE and...the DUKE! That's right...his HORSE was named DUKE and second billed!! I never knew this...
what a deal for around ten bucks...EVERY fan of Duke...or John Wayne should pick up both sets...
oh..and for the tech heads out there...they are pretty good prints...

The previously available DVDs of early John Wayne westerns out of the public domain are a strain to watch. Most come from deteriorated copies where picture detail and clarity and sound quality are bad at their best.

I bought this expecting the same. But to my surpise, this release by a major studio like Warner blows all the other early to mid 30's John Wayne westerns to bits.

The picture quality is superb. Clarity of detail is exceptional. Warner Bros should be commended for having well preserved copies in their vaults. I plan to get the other John Wayne installment from Warner Bors too. And three features in one DVD is outstanding.

Paramount did an earlier relaese of a Tim McCoy feature with John Wayne. Like the Warner release, the picture and sound quality was very very good. But it consisted of only one feature and cost more than this Warner triple feature. I hope Universal would also release their Buck Jones westerns soon, even if many of these are already in the public domain. A good quality B western would sell anytime

The video quality of this DVD was much better than I expected. It helps strengthen the point I made in a recent review I gave for "Hurricane Express" that it behooves the distributors of these old films to do a better job in restoring the picture and sound. In the case of this DVD a favorable effort was achieved.

I certainly would not rank any of these three films among John Wayne's top twenty, or even top fifty films. They are competently made "oat burners," in the style of a Hopalong Cassidy, Buck Jones, Gene Autrey, and other beloved western stars of the era. The films are entertaining, yet uncomlicated. The distinctions between good and evil are clear.

It is amusing to see that John Wayne's beautiful white horse is named, "Duke." One may only speculate how many jokes were tossed around about that off-camera.

Again, if one if attempting to attain a complete John Wayne film collection, they should add this DVD to their library. It certainly is not "Rio Bravo," or "The Searchers," but it beats the heck out of a lot of morally ambiguous garbage on TV today.

All three movies are really good & interesting. I never did idolize John Wayne, but in these movies, he really did some good acting - I don't care what anybody says. Duke the horse was hilarious - better than Roy's Trigger. The black & white is clear and crisp, and the sound is good. I'd say don't pass up the chance to buy this dvd.

John Wayne is the number one top cowboy in the movies. I already had The Big Stampede but needed Ride Him Cowboy & Haunted Gold to help my John Wayne Collection. He is outstanding in his later movies but without his earlier movies you can't follow his career.

all three john wayne movies i find very entertaining for being old movies, they are great john wayne is awesome when i comes to being the hero, as always he always gets the girl, thes movies i find entertaining even for the time they were made back then

Welllll, it is John Wayne. And they are Westerns. And they do remind me of the stuff I used to watch Saturday mornings a long time ago. But Wayne really isn't very good just yet. And these really aren't very good movies, either.
Although it's interesting to see Wayne while he was learning his trade, you'll only watch these once. If you're a collector, you'll want these for your collection. Personally, I doubt that I'll ever watch them again. And I really like many of Wayne's movies, like The Searchers, Liberty Valance and The Quiet Man.
Anyhow, 10 years later Wayne's stuff was much better - try 1944's "Tall in the Saddle." It's a lot better and a lot more like the future Wayne. And if you like the movies from that era, you should take a look at some of Randolph Scott's stuff, too.

ce sont des vieux films mais c'est john wayne et c'est super de les avoir gravé sur un dvd . Avis aux collectionneur Super !!