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John Wayne fights for justice in an early B Western
If you think "The Star Packer" is a strange name for this 1934 John Wayne poverty row Western for Lone Star/Monogram, wait until you see how the bad guy, known as "The Shadow," uses a fake wall safe to give orders to his gang. Actually, this is the most atypical of these westerns to this point, the eighth of the sixteen that Wayne made between 1933-35. Wayne plays U.S. Marshal John Travers and this time around he not only has a sidekick, but it is legendary stuntman Yakima Canutt playing an Indian named Yak. He is actually the main attraction here (although not for his portrayal of a Native American), doing many of his famous stunts in "The Star Packer," such as saving the stagecoach and the basic but always popular falling off a horse.

The plot has Travers and Yak on the hunt for the Shadow and his gang. When Sheriff Al Davis (Tom Lingham) is killed, Travers becomes the town's lawman and sets a trap for the Shadow so we can find out who he really is; of course, all you have to do is look at the credits for the film because in terms of the Lone Star stock company during this period it has to be either George Hayes as Matt Matlock or Earl Dwire as the henchman Mason, which is enough to "spoil" the surprise right there. The complication is that lovely Anita Matlock (Verna Hillie) catches the eye of our hero as soon as she is rescued from that stagecoach, but since she is only Matlock's niece she is not really all that tainted by the relationship.

"The Star Packer" continues to be unique right to the end, as we have a more specific happy ending than you usually find in these B Westerns. Like most of Wayne's Lone Star films this one is written and directed by Robert N. Bradbury and has an above average amount of horse riding and fisticuffs. But in the end all of the differences just make "The Star Packer" unique, and not really better than the rest of the series even though the tagline proudly proclaims, "He fought for justice--and battled for love!"

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Another very good western.
The Star Packer is another success in John Wayne's long line of Lone Star westerns. Your best deal to purchase this film is to buy the double feature DVD. Also on the DVD is "Riders of Destiny", which is also great.
John Wayne is cast as the marshall of a town that must defend from murdering outlaws. Two of them are captured and put behind behind bars by Wayne and his partner, Yakima Canutt. The others are still causing disturbances, so Wayne must order to whole town to go up against the murderers. I will not reveal the ending. See it for yourself. Also, don't listen to critics who call it the "same old boring B- picture". Their attention spans aren't all that hot. Get this on DVD, or VHS soon!

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John Wayne fights for justice in an early B Western
If you think "The Star Packer" is a strange name for this 1934 John Wayne poverty row Western for Lone Star/Monogram, wait until you see how the bad guy, known as "The Shadow," uses a fake wall safe to give orders to his gang. Actually, this is the most atypical of these westerns to this point, the eighth of the sixteen that Wayne made between 1933-35. Wayne plays U.S. Marshal John Travers and this time around he not only has a sidekick, but it is legendary stuntman Yakima Canutt playing an Indian named Yak. He is actually the main attraction here (although not for his portrayal of a Native American), doing many of his famous stunts in "The Star Packer," such as saving the stagecoach and the basic but always popular falling off a horse.

The plot has Travers and Yak on the hunt for the Shadow and his gang. When Sheriff Al Davis (Tom Lingham) is killed, Travers becomes the town's lawman and sets a trap for the Shadow so we can find out who he really is; of course, all you have to do is look at the credits for the film because in terms of the Lone Star stock company during this period it has to be either George Hayes as Matt Matlock or Earl Dwire as the henchman Mason, which is enough to "spoil" the surprise right there. The complication is that lovely Anita Matlock (Verna Hillie) catches the eye of our hero as soon as she is rescued from that stagecoach, but since she is only Matlock's niece she is not really all that tainted by the relationship.

"The Star Packer" continues to be unique right to the end, as we have a more specific happy ending than you usually find in these B Westerns. Like most of Wayne's Lone Star films this one is written and directed by Robert N. Bradbury and has an above average amount of horse riding and fisticuffs. But in the end all of the differences just make "The Star Packer" unique, and not really better than the rest of the series even though the tagline proudly proclaims, "He fought for justice--and battled for love!"