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Born to the West
Born to the West
	Film poster
Directed by	Charles Barton
Written by	Stuart Anthony; Robert Yost
Produced by	William T. Lackey; William LeBaron
Starring	John Wayne; Marsha Hunt; John Mack Brown
Cinematography	Devereaux Jennings
Edited by	John F. Link Sr.
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 10, 1937;
Running time	59 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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Born to the West (reissue title Hell Town) is a 1937 American Western film, starring John Wayne, Marsha Hunt and John Mack Brown. Filmed in black and white and based upon a Zane Grey novel, the movie incorporates footage from an earlier and higher budgeted silent version, a common practice of the era. The picture features: fast chases, gun-fights, unusual poker gambling and peppy light dialogue for the love interest.

Plot

On their way to Idaho, Dare Rudd and Dinkey Hooley encounter a fight between rustlers and ranchers, not knowing which is which. They join in, but leave when the sheriff's posse arrives and they find out they have joined the rustlers by mistake. They are followed, caught by one of the posse who turns out to be Rudd's cousin, Tom Fillmore, who Rudd was hoping to visit when they got to Wyoming. Fillmore is a successful and influential rancher and president of the local bank, who thinks Rudd should abandon his carefree lifestyle and settle down.

In town, Rudd, who considers himself a good poker player, and Hooley are thrown out of the casino, after starting a fight with a card cheat. They then visit Fillmore in his bank. Fillmore offers them jobs, but they decline, until Dare sees Fillmore's sweetheart, Judy Worstall, and decides to take the job. Rudd and Hooley visit the casino where the owner, Bat Hammond, leader of the rustlers, is talking to his lead henchman, who is unsure they should keep trying to rustle Fillmore's cattle, as he has a lot of men to help him. The henchman recognizes Rudd and Hooley as the men who, temporarily, helped earlier that day. Thinking they are fellow rustlers, Hammond offers them a job, which they say they might accept if their other job doesn't work out.

When Fillmore and Judy visit the cowhands, where Rudd and Dooley are the cooks, a rattlesnake scares Judy's horse. Rudd and Fillmore chase after her, with Fillmore falling off his horse and Rudd saving Judy. Hammond is planning to rustle Fillmore's cattle on the next drive, with help from Fillmore's foreman, Lynn Hardy. Judy convinces Fillmore to give Rudd a better job, so Fillmore makes him foreman for the drive. When rustlers attack the drive's camp, they fall into a trap, set by Rudd, and are driven off after losing a couple of men. After delivering the cattle, Hammond pushes Rudd into playing poker with crooked gambler, Buck Brady. When Rudd is late, Judy is worried, but Fillmore says he more or less expected Rudd to steal the money. Judy convinces him to go and find Rudd.

Fillmore finds Rudd when he has lost almost all the money from the sale of the cattle. He forces Rudd to swap laces at the table and starts winning the money back. When Hammond calls for drinks, Fillmore discovers the bartender has been swapping decks and pulls his gun, demanding everyone get back their original stake. One of Hammond's henchmen shoots Fillmore, wounding him, but Rudd kills the attacker and Fillmore, Rudd and Dooley escape, chased by Hammond and the rustlers.

Rudd and Fillmore hide in some rocks while Dooley tries to catch up with the cowhands. Rudd shoots Hammond, but he and Fillmore are almost out of bullets when Dooley and the cowboys return and kill most of the rustlers.

While Fillmore is recuperating, Rudd and Dooley start off for Montana. Judy catches up to them and tells Rudd that Fillmore wants him to be his partner at the ranch.

Cast

Onscreen credits do not list roles, in order:

John Wayne as Dare Rudd
Marsha Hunt as Judy Rustoe
John Mack Brown as Tom Fillmore
John Patterson as Lynn Hardy
Monte Blue as Bart Hammond
Lucien Littlefield as Cattle Buyer
Syd Saylor as Dink Hooley (salesman; uncredited)
Earl Dwire as Cowhand (uncredited)

External links

Born to the West at IMDb
Hell Town is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
Official website

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-| producer       = William T. Lackey<br>William LeBaron
+| producer       = [[William T. Lackey]]<br>[[William LeBaron]]
 | writer         = Stuart Anthony<br>Robert Yost
 | starring       = [[John Wayne]]<br>[[Marsha Hunt (actress, born 1917)|Marsha Hunt]]<br>[[Johnny Mack Brown|John Mack Brown]]
-| cinematography = Devereaux Jennings
+| cinematography = [[Devereaux Jennings (cinematographer)|Devereaux Jennings]]
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-'''''Born to the West''''' (reissue title '''''Hell Town''''') is a 1937 American [[Western (genre)|Western]] film starring [[John Wayne]], [[Marsha Hunt (actress, born 1917)|Marsha Hunt]], and [[Johnny Mack Brown|John Mack Brown]]. Filmed in black and white and based upon a [[Zane Grey]] novel, the movie incorporates footage from an earlier and higher budgeted silent version, a common practice of the era. The picture features fast chases, gun-fights, unusual poker gambling, and peppy light dialogue for the love interest.
+[[File:Born to the West (1937) 1.jpg|thumb|right|262px|[[John Wayne]] and [[Marsha Hunt (actress, born 1917)|Marsha Hunt]] in ''Born to the West'' (1937)]]
+'''''Born to the West''''' (reissue title '''''Hell Town''''') is a 1937 American [[Western (genre)|Western]] film, starring [[John Wayne]], [[Marsha Hunt (actress, born 1917)|Marsha Hunt]] and [[Johnny Mack Brown|John Mack Brown]]. Filmed in black and white and based upon a [[Zane Grey]] novel, the movie incorporates footage from an earlier and higher budgeted silent version, a common practice of the era. The picture features: fast chases, gun-fights, unusual poker gambling and peppy light dialogue for the love interest.
 ==Plot==
+On their way to Idaho, Dare Rudd and Dinkey Hooley encounter a fight between rustlers and ranchers, not knowing which is which. They join in, but leave when the sheriff's posse arrives and they find out they have joined the rustlers by mistake. They are followed, caught by one of the posse who turns out to be Rudd's cousin, Tom Fillmore, who Rudd was hoping to visit when they got to Wyoming. Fillmore is a successful and influential rancher and president of the local bank, who thinks Rudd should abandon his carefree lifestyle and settle down.
-[[File:Born to the West (1937) 1.jpg|thumb|left|''Born to the West'' (1937)]]
+In town, Rudd, who considers himself a good poker player, and Hooley are thrown out of the casino, after starting a fight with a card cheat. They then visit Fillmore in his bank. Fillmore offers them jobs, but they decline, until Dare sees Fillmore's sweetheart, Judy Worstall, and decides to take the job. Rudd and Hooley visit the casino where the owner, Bat Hammond, leader of the rustlers, is talking to his lead henchman, who is unsure they should keep trying to rustle Fillmore's cattle, as he has a lot of men to help him. The henchman recognizes Rudd and Hooley as the men who, temporarily, helped earlier that day. Thinking they are fellow rustlers, Hammond offers them a job, which they say they might accept if their other job doesn't work out.
+When Fillmore and Judy visit the cowhands, where Rudd and Dooley are the cooks, a rattlesnake scares Judy's horse. Rudd and Fillmore chase after her, with Fillmore falling off his horse and Rudd saving Judy. Hammond is planning to rustle Fillmore's cattle on the next drive, with help from Fillmore's foreman, Lynn Hardy. Judy convinces Fillmore to give Rudd a better job, so Fillmore makes him foreman for the drive. When rustlers attack the drive's camp, they fall into a trap, set by Rudd, and are driven off after losing a couple of men. After delivering the cattle, Hammond pushes Rudd into playing poker with crooked gambler, Buck Brady. When Rudd is late, Judy is worried, but Fillmore says he more or less expected Rudd to steal the money. Judy convinces him to go and find Rudd.
-On the vast mountainous Montana vista, to the soft strains of a "ride 'em" chorus, horned cattle are quietly herded until raiders divert them. Hearing shots, Dare (Wayne) "This is no time to think" in a tall white hat, and hungry dark-mustached wiry side-kick lightning-rod salesman Dink Hooley (an uncredited [[Syd Saylor]]) mis-call "the winning side", add their wild mustangs to confusion and dusty stampede at jerky triple time of original silent film. Rough shrubby terrain provides a dangerous battleground.
+Fillmore finds Rudd when he has lost almost all the money from the sale of the cattle. He forces Rudd to swap laces at the table and starts winning the money back. When Hammond calls for drinks, Fillmore discovers the bartender has been swapping decks and pulls his gun, demanding everyone get back their original stake. One of Hammond's henchmen shoots Fillmore, wounding him, but Rudd kills the attacker and Fillmore, Rudd and Dooley escape, chased by Hammond and the rustlers.
-Seemingly safe across border in next state, Wayne's cousin Tom Fillmore (John Mack Brown), local "big man," Bank President, and "shining" good sheep of the family surprises the pair, and offers them a job. "People around here spend too much time thinking"; John just fist fights and proposes while Tom's girl Judy (Marsha Hunt) bandages his eye, "I guess I'll just marry you" he says. She declines to answer, but says, "You've been hurt enough for one day."  When a rattler scares her horse, Tom's somersaults and Dare wins the chase.
+Rudd and Fillmore hide in some rocks while Dooley tries to catch up with the cowhands. Rudd shoots Hammond, but he and Fillmore are almost out of bullets when Dooley and the cowboys return and kill most of the rustlers.
-"I wound up the cat and kicked the clock out" is Dare trying to turn a new leaf and be responsible. Judy asks Tom to take the cook's apron off Wayne, so the boss does promote his cousin to foreman of the herding. First night out, rustlers attack - empty blankets "Hope it don't start raining". Dare makes the sale for over $10K, but gets convinced to pay out wages and stay the night to celebrate, proving who is "the best player west of the Mississippi". The bartender serves a deck under the bad guy's tray of drinks, and Dare  loses almost everything.
+While Fillmore is recuperating, Rudd and Dooley start off for Montana. Judy catches up to them and tells Rudd that Fillmore wants him to be his partner at the ranch.
-When Dare is late returning, Tom tells Judy the cost was worth every penny to show her Dare's true nature. She pleads for him to save Dare "You're smart about these things,  smarter than any man I know." He arrives in time to take over playing and catches their trick. Fillmore hands have already left, so the bad guys shoot Tom in the shoulder and pursue the trio. Dink diverts some and catches up to bring the hands back, while the cousins hole up, Dare admitting Tom is the best poker player. Back home after winning the gunfight, Tom tells Judy where Dare is riding out of town, and that he wants to offer him a partnership, so Judy brings the Montana-bound buddies back.
 ==Cast==
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 * [[Marsha Hunt (actress, born 1917)|Marsha Hunt]] as Judy Rustoe
 * [[Johnny Mack Brown|John Mack Brown]] as Tom Fillmore
-* [[John Patterson (actor)|John Patterson]] as Lynn Hardy
+* John Patterson as Lynn Hardy
 * [[Monte Blue]] as Bart Hammond
 * [[Lucien Littlefield]] as Cattle Buyer
-* [[Syd Saylor]] as Dink Hooley (salesman) (uncredited)
+* [[Syd Saylor]] as Dink Hooley (salesman; uncredited)
 * [[Earl Dwire]] as Cowhand (uncredited)
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 ==External links==
 * {{IMDb title|id=0028653|title=Born to the West}}
-* {{YouTube|6fBDRRJoR-Q|''Born to the West''}}
 * {{Internet Archive film|id=Hell_Town|name=Hell Town}}
 * {{Official website|http://www.helltown.bravehost.com}}
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 [[Category:1937 films]]
-[[Category:1930s Western (genre) films]]
+[[Category:1937 Western (genre) films]]
-[[Category:Adaptations of works by Zane Grey]]
-[[Category:American films]]
 [[Category:American Western (genre) films]]
 [[Category:American black-and-white films]]
-[[Category:English-language films]]
+[[Category:1930s English-language films]]
 [[Category:Films directed by Charles Barton]]
+[[Category:Films based on works by Zane Grey]]
+[[Category:Paramount Pictures films]]
+[[Category:1930s American films]]
+[[Category:English-language Western (genre) films]]

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