Nonureva Really Surprised!

Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

sddavis63 Well, I've seen John Wayne's last movie ("The Shootist") and now in "Blue Steel" I've seen not his first by any means but one of his earlier movies and I've seen a few of his roles in between. I still can't figure it out. I can't deny that he was a mega-star, but he does absolutely nothing for me. Wayne aside, this movie didn't come across as a great vehicle for an actor anyway. It's rather dull (especially in its opening) and I have to admit that I never really did figure the details of the plot out, which is probably best explained by the fact that I kept nodding off throughout. In the beginning, Wayne's John Carruthers is mistaken by the local sheriff (Gabby Hayes) for a thief, but the two then form a partnership to stop the real bad guy of the movie from dishonestly forcing ranchers off their land and buying it up so that they can control a major gold mine.Frankly, I found nothing particularly exciting here, except perhaps for the fact that it's mercifully short at less than an hour, and the ending (as Carruthers rides off with Betty to get married) came across as silly to me. It's worth watching, I suppose, only if you're a big fan of John Wayne and want to see an early role of his. 2/10

JohnHowardReid The 5th of John Wayne's 14 Lone Star Westerns is nothing if not a lively piece. True, it gets off to a remarkably slow start, but once the bandits arrive on the scene the pace picks up no end. Although the heroine is somewhat lacking in thespian talent, she's pretty enough and has little to do or say anyway. It's Wayne and Hayes who set the action rolling and keep it up—interspersed with some spectacular Canutt stunt-work—right to the finish line. And it's good to see Yakima Canutt in a sizable role on camera as well as doubling Wayne in the action spots.Director Robert North Bradbury has a grand time once the action switches to the wide open spaces. You can virtually see him riding the camera car as it swoops along with galloping-hell-for-leather riders in super-fast tracking shots. And I love those whip pans!Photographer Archie Stout, a specialist in location work, is also most at home with awesome vistas of wide open plains, ringed by rugged mountains and fleecy clouds in the Alabama Hills, Ca.

kidboots Another great Lone Star western and another town under siege. John Carruthers (John Wayne) sneaks into town - just in time to see the hotel's safe being robbed. The thief leaves a spur and while Carruthers is investigating Old Timer (George "Gabby" Hayes) puts two and two together and concludes that John is the "polka dot" bandit. He plays along with Carruthers and together they try to get to the bottom of the mystery of why no stores can reach the town.Before that they are involved in a "shoot em up" involving Danti's gang. Yakima Canutt, a legendary stunt rider, who also doubled for John Wayne played Danti.Eleanor Hunt was first seen in "Whoopee" - she had been a chorus girl in the original Broadway show - in the movie she had the romantic lead.She plays Betty Mason, whose father is killed in the shoot out and Wayne and Old Timer are almost blamed for that until she comes to their aid. They are just in time to hear Malgrove (Edward Piel Snr.) make an offer for the few remaining homesteaders that are left in the town. He will buy up their ranches for $100 each. John and Old Timer beg to be given a chance to bring in the supply wagon.There is also a terrific piece of action involving a runaway wagon. Carruthers (Canutt) jumps into the runaway horses and rescues the heroine.They do bring in the supply wagon and also solve the riddle of the "polka dot" bandit - it was Danti!!! Old Timer is hard to convince that it is not John!!!I can recommend this film.

John W Chance A fairly involving 'Lone Star' film (even though it lacks enough dialog to provide any character) because of: 1) The opening sequence, with great silences, where we are caught up in John Wayne's mysterious and sudden presence in a hotel during a rain storm, 2) the registering 'bride' and 'bridegroom' at the hotel, shy and secretly excited; later the bridegroom, George Nash in his last film, comes back from the bridal suite saying 'I can't find it.' 3) Yakima Canutt's amazing stunt work-- pulling up a fallen Eleanor Hunt thru the coach horse team, and then helping her onto John Wayne's horse, 4) the extensive final chase sequence, excitingly paced and edited as the bad guys (at least 9 of them) chase our heroes across the vast prairies -- whew! This time, without any preamble of romantic intentions anywhere else in the film, John Wayne and the girl do ride off into the sunset holding hands!