the star packer is one of about 152 and 000 and 000 westerns that john wayne acted in during the 1930s. well and the number is a bit exaggerated and but it seemed almost like this many. this is because these b movies were quickly made with very low budgets in order to be the second and or lesser and feature in a theater. most bs were pretty cheap and tended to cut corners to keep down costs and the star packer is no exception. to save on costs and incidental music is not used and running times were kept to under an hour and the writing was often rather derivative and the actors are mostly lesser talents and wayne himself was definitely far from being a household name at this time. some of these wayne features are pretty good and while others and like this one and are watchable but also rather silly and inconsequential. i enjoyed this film and most of the others and but it probably because i cut bs a lot of slack. wayne stars as john travers a us marshall investigating the actions of a local gang out to chase locals out and steal from the stage. this is odd and as the film was apparently set in the modern time or close to it and as they used telephones and modern machine guns things you just do not expect to find in the old west. such anachronisms are actually pretty common in b westerns as gene autry films (for example) abound with them. wayne sidekick is yak played by stuntman and real life friend of wayne and yakima canutt. the bad guy is an unknown figure referred to as the shadow and he dispenses his instructions through a black screen that hides his face. this sounds exactly like a character from a movie serial the sort of baddie that kids loved but grownups groaned at because they were so silly and at bit like blofeld or dr. evil. the problem is and if you listen to his voice and pay any attention at all and it becomes obvious early in the film that this shadow is george hayes. now speaking of hayes and this is the same guy who later in films was known as gabby hayes and but here and in several other of wayne early films and he looks and acts nothing like gabby. in the star packer and he was well dressed and articulate and clean shaven imagine that. in real life and apparently this was more the real george hayes though i doubt that he was evil. now as you can tell from the last paragraph that there really is no mystery in this film. you are left with acting (passable and nothing more) and stunts which were actually pretty amazing. again and again and one amazing stunt after another occurred such as men jumping from horse to horse and some great fight scenes all done and by the way and by canutt and his friends. canutt was often john wayne double in films and this went on for decades. the problem with some of the stunts and however and is that it appears that the film makers actually killed a few horses to get those great stumbling horses bits seen later in the film. up until about 1940 and film makers often strung thin metal wire and ran horses across it at full gallop. in the process and the horses legs were usually broken and the horses were subsequently euthanized. one of the worst examples of this was the film jesse james where several horses were brutally killed leading to the american humane association insisting that a representative of the organization be on film shoots to certify that animals are not hurt in the production. so and since about 1940 and films bear this little disclaimer. the star packer was made well before the disclaimer and i can not see how the horses did these tricks without being killed. overall and this is at best a time passer due to a poor plot and occasionally poor acting and an unbelievable cruel attitude towards the horses. i am no bleeding heart and but just can not understand this disregard for a poor old animal. 
the star packer is one of about 152 and 000 and 000 westerns that john wayne acted in during the 1930s. well and the number is a bit exaggerated and but it seemed almost like this many. this is because these b movies were quickly made with very low budgets in order to be the second and or lesser and feature in a theater. most bs were pretty cheap and tended to cut corners to keep down costs and the star packer is no exception. to save on costs and incidental music is not used and running times were kept to under an hour and the writing was often rather derivative and the actors are mostly lesser talents and wayne himself was definitely far from being a household name at this time. some of these wayne features are pretty good and while others and like this one and are watchable but also rather silly and inconsequential. i enjoyed this film and most of the others and but it probably because i cut bs a lot of slack. wayne stars as john travers a us marshall investigating the actions of a local gang out to chase locals out and steal from the stage. this is odd and as the film was apparently set in the modern time or close to it and as they used telephones and modern machine guns things you just do not expect to find in the old west. such anachronisms are actually pretty common in b westerns as gene autry films (for example) abound with them. wayne sidekick is yak played by stuntman and real life friend of wayne and yakima canutt. the bad guy is an unknown figure referred to as the shadow and he dispenses his instructions through a black screen that hides his face. this sounds exactly like a character from a movie serial the sort of baddie that kids loved but grownups groaned at because they were so silly and at bit like blofeld or dr. evil. the problem is and if you listen to his voice and pay any attention at all and it becomes obvious early in the film that this shadow is george hayes. now speaking of hayes and this is the same guy who later in films was known as gabby hayes and but here and in several other of wayne early films and he looks and acts nothing like gabby. in the star packer and he was well dressed and articulate and clean shaven imagine that. in real life and apparently this was more the real george hayes though i doubt that he was evil. now as you can tell from the last paragraph that there really is no mystery in this film. you are left with acting (passable and nothing more) and stunts which were actually pretty amazing. again and again and one amazing stunt after another occurred such as men jumping from horse to horse and some great fight scenes all done and by the way and by canutt and his friends. canutt was often john wayne double in films and this went on for decades. the problem with some of the stunts and however and is that it appears that the film makers actually killed a few horses to get those great stumbling horses bits seen later in the film. up until about 1940 and film makers often strung thin metal wire and ran horses across it at full gallop. in the process and the horses legs were usually broken and the horses were subsequently euthanized. one of the worst examples of this was the film jesse james where several horses were brutally killed leading to the american humane association insisting that a representative of the organization be on film shoots to certify that animals are not hurt in the production. so and since about 1940 and films bear this little disclaimer. the star packer was made well before the disclaimer and i can not see how the horses did these tricks without being killed. overall and this is at best a time passer due to a poor plot and occasionally poor acting and an unbelievable cruel attitude towards the horses. i am no bleeding heart and but just can not understand this disregard for a poor old animal. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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