'Neath the Arizona Skies (1934)

Name: 'Neath the Arizona Skies
Genre: Action, Western
Released: 1934-12-05
Duration: 52 min
Rating: 4.8
Cast: John Wayne, Sheila Terry, Shirley Jean Rickert, Jack Rockwell, Yakima Canutt

4.8/10 1934 52m Released

Action Western

Hair-trigger Action! Hair-Trigger Action!

Chris Morrell, the guardian of half-Indian girl Nina, is helping her find her missing white father. so she can cash in on her late mother's oil lease. Outlaw Sam Black is after the girl and her father as well. Besides dealing with the Black gang, Morrell has to find another robber, Jim Moore, who switches clothes with him after he finds Chris unconscious from a fight with Sam Black. Along the way, he meets a lady who's the sister of Jim Moore, another bad hombre who's in cahoots with Jim Moore, and an old friend who takes in Nina and helps Chris locate Nina's father and fight off the various desperadoes

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Top Cast

John Wayne

Chris Morrell

Sheila Terry

Clara Moore

Shirley Jean Rickert

Nina

Jack Rockwell

Vic Byrd

Yakima Canutt

Sam Black

George 'Gabby' Hayes

Matt Downing

Jay Wilsey

Jim Moore

Harry L. Fraser

Henchman in the Brush

Earl Dwire

Tom - Nina's Father (uncredited)

Philip Kieffer

Jameson Hodge

Frank Hall Crane

Express Agent (uncredited)

Billy Franey

Old Prospector (uncredited)

Herman Hack

Henchman (uncredited)

George Morrell

Town Mayor (uncredited)

Artie Ortego

Shorty - Henchman (uncredited)

Eddie Parker

Henchman Asking Chris for Nina (uncredited)

Reviews

CinemaSerf 5/10

This time, the Duke ("Morrell") has a little more of a substantial story to get his teeth into, as he helps a young girl to track down her errant father so she can cash in on her late mother's oil lease. Meantime "Sam Black" (Yakima Canutt) and his fearsome gang are also on the hunt for the girl and her pa' and just in case there wasn't enough to cram into this 50-minuter, he also has to track down another robber…