Law and Order (1932)

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Law and Order, starring Walter Huston and written by his son John Huston, is an excellent Western tale of how violence was needed to quell violence in the Old West. Huston, Sr. plays Frame Johnson, a quick drawing, fearless sheriff who uses terror tactics to make a lawless town a safe place for decent folks to live. With spartan production values, filmmaker Edward L. Cahn in this his first Western creates a realistic, unromanticized view of a brutal era.

Rating:

NR
Genre:

Action & Adventure, Western
Directed By:

Edward L. Cahn
Written By:

John Huston, Tom Reed
In Theaters:

Feb 28, 1932 limited
Runtime:

72 minutes
Studio:

UN

Cast

Walter Huston
as Frame Johnson

Harry Carey
as Ed Brant

Walter Brennan
as Lamny Smith

Andy Devine
as Johnny Kinsman

Raymond Hatton
as Deadwood

Ralph Ince
as Poe Northrup

Russell Simpson
as Judge Williams

Russell Hopton
as Luther Johnson

Harry Woods
as Walt Northrup

Richard Alexander
as Kurt Northrup

Alphonse Ethier
as Fin Elder

Dewey Robinson
as Ed Deal

Lois Wilson
as Girl

Nelson McDowell
as Parker Brother #1

D'Arcy Corrigan
as Undertaker Parker

Arthur Wanzer
as George Dixon

Neal Hart
as Ike Jones

George Dixon

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Audience Reviews for Law and Order

The other half of a Edward L. Cahn double feature I saw at the Cleveland Cinematheque. This low budget Universal western of 1932 was remade with Ronald Reagan in the 50s. This is actually one of many adaptations of the tale of Wyatt Earp with Doc Holliday and their showdown in Tombstone. The Wyatt character becomes Frame Johnson played by Walter Huston. The Doc character becomes Ed Brandt played by Harry Carey. Frame has one brother with him and they fight the Northrup gang. It will all be quite familiar if you know the legend of Tombstone. I enjoyed seeing performances from Walter Huston and Harry Carey in their prime. With Law and Order being brought to the wild west the morality is in simple terms of black and white, good vs. evil. Again it falls right in the mediocre middle with earlier silent westerns establishing genre clichés and later westerns taking more risk with style and therefore becoming more memorable.