Texas Cyclone (1932)

Pecos Grant rides into a strange town only to find that everyone recognizes him, not as Pecos Grant, but as a presumed-dead man named Rawlins. Even Rawlins' wife thinks her husband has come back. Pecos sets out to solve the mystery.

Director:

D. Ross Lederman

Writers:

Randall Faye (screenplay), William Colt MacDonald (story)

Stars:

Tim McCoy, Shirley Grey, Wheeler Oakman

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Tim McCoy	...	'Texas' Grant
Shirley Grey	...	Helen Rawlings
Wheeler Oakman	...	Utah Becker
John Wayne	...	Steve Pickett
Wallace MacDonald	...	Nick Lawler, Ranch Foreman
Jim Farley	...	Webb Oliver (as James Farley)
Harry Cording	...	Jake Farwell
Vernon Dent	...	Hefty, the Bartender
Walter Brennan	...	Sheriff Lew Collins (as Walter Brenan)
Mary Gordon	...	Katie

Storyline

When Texas Grant rides into town people think the supposedly dead Jim Rawlings has returned. After a confrontation with Utah Becker, Grant learns Helen Rawlings is about to lose her ranch to Becker. Grant then decides to stay and pose as Rawlings in an effort to help her.

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Plot Keywords:

character name in title

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Genres:

Western

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 February 1932 (USA)

Also Known As:

El ciclón tejano

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

63 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Remade as The Mysterious Avenger (1936)

User Reviews

entertaining and less primitive than most of the 30's westerns.

Tim McCoy rides into town and everybody starts calling him Jim. It seems he is so similar, that the barman asks him to pretend to be Jim. By doing so he gets all the bad guys against him. When he later goes to Jim's ranch even Jim's wife has a hard time to accept the fact that he is not her husband. He starts administering her ranch, from where a lot of cattle is stolen, and the only cowboy of the ranch that is friendly to him is John Wayne. If you can accept the basic point of this story that two men can be so alike (without being twin brothers), this is an entertaining film, less primitive than most of the westerns of the early thirties. It is interesting to see here how John Wayne had in him all that it took to be a great star.