Gurlyndrobb While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Curt Watching it is like watching the spectacle of a class clown at their best: you laugh at their jokes, instigate their defiance, and "ooooh" when they get in trouble.

Tweekums This Western sees John Wayne playing John Weston, the eponymous Man from Utah, he is down to his last dollar until he helps a martial by gunning down three bank robbers. He is offered a job; the martial needs somebody to help expose a gang that is rigging rodeo competitions. It could be a dangerous job; several competitors that aren't part of the gang have had 'accidents' including fatal 'snake bites' while riding a horse! As he heads towards the rodeo he thwarts a stage coach robbery; on board are the bank owner's daughter and a woman connected to the gang. Once in town he enters the rodeo and on the first day does very well and is the favourite to be the overall champion… the gang want him to throw the event but if he doesn't take their offer of money there is still the possibility that he will get 'snake-bitten'.With a run time of under an hour this film is definitely rather short… and when you consider that quite a bit of that time is taken footage of an actual rodeo there is little time for the story. The plot is decent enough and there is a good amount of action. The characters are staples of the genre with little real development; there is hardly time for any! There is no real doubt about who is good and who is bad; one bad character changes sides but even this is because the gang plans to leave her behind. The cast are solid enough certainly better than one might expect for a short low budget feature. Overall this isn't a must see unless you are a John Wayne completist but it is worth watching if you want a short western.

Edgar Allan Pooh . . . he wins a major rodeo decathlon during THE MAN FROM UTAH (setting several world records for individual events in the process). This will put any Human Citizen of the 21st Century in mind of our most famous living Olympic Gold Medalist Decathlon Champ, the athlete-formerly-known-as Bruce Jenner. Life Cereal's ad campaign in the 1900s used to encourage kids to "Be like Mike," but Bruce grew up with the heartbreak of failing to "Be like John Wayne," no matter how hard he tried. Maybe that's because even John Wayne washed out at "Being like John." Take the first scene of THE MAN FROM UTAH. Wayne finds himself staring into an empty purse, the Universally understood symbol for a Lady losing her grip on Womanhood. If there's anyone who attacked gay people more viciously than Today's gay nightclub frequenter, Orlando Omar, it was John Wayne. Famed 20th Century film director Vincent Sherman has testified on camera that he used to watch John Wayne and his henchman Ward Bond riding motorcycles up and down the street in Real Life, clubbing the Gay and Transgender Population, as if they were baby seals at the mercy of Canadians. (Such behavior in the 1950s was no riskier for the Perpetrator than a slave overseer flogging Southern Blacks in the 1850s.) No doubt both Wayne and Bond were frustrated women trying to escape their Bruce Jenner-style bodies before Today's surgical options had been perfected, but that's not enough to make me excuse their dastardly deeds.

BatStarIndyFreak I had watched this movie before when it came out on TV, and was, like most, perturbed at the effort to make the Duke a traveling troubadour. The story is western B-movie grade, and would probably not have seen the light of day, beyond its original release if it did not have John Wayne (or someone else who would eventually reach superstardom). It has an interesting enough plot, with some rodeo stunts that are, of themselves, impressive. Yes, the acting is stilted, but you expect that with these fly-by-night productions. I read the gripes about 'the original music' not used in this film, and replaced by modern day synthesizer music. I myself prefer the added music for the simple reason that (other than the opening song supposed sung by Wayne), there is no original music. And it was actually my first experience watching this film that I came to realize that not only does music in a movie amp up the drama, but it also help you feel the pacing of the storyline. Perhaps the movie's events should be dramatic of themselves, but again, this is a B-movie we're watching. Overall, it's worth wading through all the cheesiness just to feel the full scope of John Wayne's career.

Mike-764 Marshal George Higgins appoints John Weston a deputy after the latter helps save the Wells Fargo office from being robbed. Higgins wants Weston to use his riding skills to enter the rodeo and prevent a gang from having the contests fixed and some of the riders killed before they win the prize money. Weston notices that Barton, a promoter in town, is the head of the crime ring and takes heed before he can enter the final races. Barton also has another sideline, robbing Carter's bank of the gate receipts following his attempted "snake bite" treatment for Weston. Very good Lone Star film for Wayne being one of Bradbury's better directorial and writing efforts. Considering Canutt was one of the riders in the rodeo, it would have been nice to see some actual riding shots instead of the stock footage. Nice interaction between Wayne and Young (she was quite fickle). The climactic fight between Wayne and Peil was a bit of a letdown, but the rest of the film was able to make up for it. Rating, based on B westerns, 7.