Rainbow Valley
Year: 1935
Genre: Western
Studio: Paul Malvern Productions
Director: Robert N. Bradbury
Cast: John Wayne, Lucile Browne, George 'Gabby' Hayes, LeRoy Mason, Lloyd Ingraham, Jay Wilsey
Crew: Robert N. Bradbury (Director), William Hyer (Director of Photography), Carl Pierson (Editor), Paul Malvern (Producer), Lindsley Parsons (Writer)
Runtime: 49 minutes
Release: Mar 15, 1935
IMDb: 4.80/10 by 21 users
Popularity: 3
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
This was probably made in a matter of days with a minimal budget and given that, it does better than ok for just under an hour. The Duke, as usual partnered with "Gabby" Hayes is this time embroiled in a dodgy plan to sabotage a new road being built through the Rainbow Valley. His pal - ostensibly, at any rate - "Butch" (Jay Wilsey) is the schemer but will the aptly named "John" be able to thwart this destructive plan? Wayne looks every inch the star here, even in a rather over-sized, but fetching striped prison uniform, and as ever Hayes comes along at just the right moments to ensure a minimum amount of jeopardy with the plot - of which there are a few twists here. It doesn't hang around, there is plenty of action and some quite well choreographed fist fights before a suitably explosive finale.