ChanBot i must have seen a different film!!

Spoonatects Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Verity Robins Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Leofwine_draca HELL TOWN is a John Wayne western made just before he achieved international stardom as America's primary movie star. He had been working his way through a string of B-movie western cheapies throughout the 1930s and this film is no exception. Wayne plays the usual two-fisted cowboy who begins the film by being wrongly accused of being a cattle rustler before building his reputation and finally taking on a crooked gambler in the climactic moments.This film is very ordinary for a western of its age and thus not particularly engaging. Not much thought is given to the scenery or the supporting actors and Wayne is the only one you really notice or indeed take note of. A romantic sub-plot threatens to slow things down to a crawl at times, but the gambling plot is better and more interesting.

Michael Morrison Though the copy of "Hell Town" I saw was pretty miserable, the quality of the script and of the acting more than made up for it.John Wayne by the time this was made was already a veteran actor, mostly in B Westerns. That "B" designation, by the way, was purely a reference to the size of the budget, something too many people don't seem to realize.This B Western, despite its budget, had a really intelligent script and a talented director and, most of all, some of the best actors available: John Wayne, Johnny Mack Brown, and the lovely Marsha Hunt, as well as the busy but today under-rated Syd Saylor, who, despite his being the hero's sidekick, doesn't even get screen credit!On a purely personal note, catching this film at westernsontheweb.com gave me my first opportunity ever to see "Hell Town," and I am so very grateful. As many reviewers have written here, this film is a milestone in the Duke's career, giving him an opportunity to show his innate talent, and giving audiences an opportunity to appreciate that talent.It is well past November, but I am giving thanks for my own opportunity to view this remarkable motion picture, and I am grateful to IMDb and to westernsontheweb for the information and the film, which I urge everyone to take time to watch.

FightingWesterner John Wayne plays an aimless and arrogant young man given a job by his cousin (Johnny Mack Brown) as a trail boss, who battles rustlers and successfully brings the cattle to market only to be lured by big city vice.One of the later films in Wayne's B-movie career, this is also one of the best and helped him considerably in his transition to full-blown movie star. Watch some of his earlier pictures and you'll notice that between them and this, he'd definitely grown as an actor.Bookended by two great action sequences, the one at the beginning is especially well made with vivid scenes of a cattle drive, rustlers, and a stampede.

Wrangler According to author Tony Thomas, this film shot adrenalin into the lagging careers of both John Wayne and Johnny Mack Brown. It's very entertaining, with a good story, fine cast, terrific scenery and excellent camerawork.