Six-Gun Rhythm (1939)

★★★★ · Typical western, but with a few extras · Dark Moon · 2011-09-01

Usual story of a band of rustlers who kill someone's father and take over the town, and the young guy who comes to avenge his father's murder, sets everything straight, and wins the girl by the end. In this case, though, the young guy (Tex Fletcher) leaves a successful career playing football in the "big city" to go back home. One of his teammates, Spud Donovan (Ralph Peters) wants to tag along and experience the cowboy lifestyle that he's seen in all those movies—maybe even this movie. Hanging a lampshade on Spud's motivation (and on the whole genre of western films) is only the…

★★★★ · Tex Fletcher plays.. Tex Fletcher. · Spuzz · 2006-01-03

When ex-football player (!?!) Tex Fletcher (playing a character named Tex Fletcher) arrives in Texas to visit his father, he comes across a gun battle and joins in, knowing instantly whos the good guy and who isnt (smart guy). It turns out those bad guys are part of Jim Daviss gang, who look to rustle more cattle for money and take over other peoples land. It seems Jims Father got in the way of the plan, and, well you guessed it, Tex is out to Avenge His Fathers Death! The plot in this one is actually not bad, although there are SOME western clichés, theres some perks of originality here and…

★★★★ · Not bad · katpooh9 · 2009-07-25

This movie actually kept my attention. The story was pretty good, and it was fascinating to see the beginning of that sand storm.

★★★★ · This good guy could sing, swing, and shoot · 1StepBeyond · 2009-07-25

Overall I enjoyed this uncomplicated but very principled picture show. Good guys are expected to set a good example and bad guys the opposite. You set right the wrongs done to you. There is the America the world admired. Let's get away from the me first generation that has been running down the rest of us.