Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Mabel Munoz Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

weezeralfalfa One of the early Republic John Wayne westerns. As usual, he's the tall, handsome, well spoken, westerner with a white hat and white horse. Here, he's a triple threat, with his law degree, as well as his firsts and gun. He's out to get even with Alexander Stiles(the obese Cy Kendall), whom we might label as 'The King of the Pecos', since he controls much of the land and nearly all of the water holes in his part of the Pecos. Wayne holds him as ultimately responsible for the shooting deaths of his parents and leaving him unconscious, 10 years ago. Actually, it was some of Stiles' henchmen , headed by Ash, who did the dirty work. Ash also shoots the father( (Ed Hearn as Eli Jackson) of his girlfriend: Belle(Murrel Evans). , during the rush to claim land and water holes, after Wayne convinced the judge that most of Stiles' claims weren't valid. The exception was the critical water hole at Sweetwater, which was the only source of fresh water for many miles. It was especially important when other herds were being driven to Abilene to load in cars. If Stiles refused to allow their cattle to drink here, or charged an outrageous fee, their cattle would die unless they sold them to him for worthless script. The same was true for the other water holes Stiles' claimed were his. In preparation for this cattle drive, some of Stiles' men had rustled the cattle of a number of ranchers before shooting them dead when they complained. The King of the Pecos is dethroned and eliminated, along with most of his henchmen, at the Battle of Sweetwater. Wayne has a special desire to kill Ash, since he blames him for his parents deaths. Wayne gets his chance in a one on one......I'll point out that the death of Belle's father symbolically opens wider the gate for a young man(Wayne) to replace her father as her significant other. This symbolism is quite common in westerns. ......One of the ranchers, I assume played by Herbert Heywood, is hard of hearing, and often thinks he hears the wrong word. This serves as a running gag throughout most of the film. .....Famed stuntman , rodeo rider and director of secondaries, Yakima Canutt, played a small role as a henchman. ....I found the film interesting, with a good mix of strategy and action....See it at YouTube.

Edgar Allan Pooh . . . as he torches his childhood home, back-stabs the Fat Cat Billionaire (adjusted for inflation), and guns down "Ash's" horse. Many if not most John Wayne movies from the 1930s are similar to KING OF THE PECOS, exposing the fact that up to 100% of the Super Rich One Per Centers are Sociopathically Corrupt Leeches sucking the very Life Blood out of Society. "Alexander Stiles" has his attorney assassinated, rather than giving him a nickel. The only Real Life American I've ever heard of Evil, Foolish, and Brazen enough to gyp, cheat, and welsh out on HIS OWN lawyers is Donald Trump (who probably saw KING OF THE PECOS when most of his peers were fighting in the Vietnam War). No doubt Trump is running for POTUS in the Belief that he can hire Secret Service Agents who will murder his lawyers and other business associates (such as the Contractors who build all of his Trump Towers) who refuse to play along with his Art of the Steal. Hopefully, Trump will not be as successful as Stiles in robbing and terrorizing the Average American.

Michael Morrison Iconic director Joseph Kane shows here why he is rated so highly by western and film aficionados. Republic (I like the sound of that word) and Kane and John Wayne are simply unbeatable.In addition to a superlative story by Bernard McConville, an excellent cast and beautiful scenery create a nearly perfect western.One bonus is the lovely Muriel Evans, one of the, in fact, loveliest heroines of B westerns in Republic's history. She showed, besides looks, a lot more personality than most of the B heroines.When Turner Classic Movies showed, on 20 August 2015, a marathon of Mae Clarke movies, one of Ms. Clarke's premier performances came in a little-known film titled "Fast Workers." Muriel Evans had one scene, as a nurse, in which she mostly looked on, then had a few lines.And in that small part, she didn't quite steal the movie, but sure did make an impression, with a fascinating performance.She shows even more personality here, in "King of the Pecos," a fairly routine western, perhaps, but with such a sterling cast and superb directing and scenery that can and should make you want to pack your bags. Watch her in scenes where she might be only entering or leaving and you can't help admiring her presence and control.She has an expressive face and eyes that enthrall.John Wayne stands tall, demonstrates his personality that led him to be Hollywood's biggest star of all time, but isn't really stretched as an actor.He is aided by two unknown but immensely talented character actors, playing "Josh" and "Hank," who do generally steal every scene they're in. And praise be, their humor is not the usual silly stuff so often found in B westerns.The three chief bad guys are among the best in Hollywood history, Cy Kendall, Yakima Canutt, and Jack Clifford, of whom I blush to admit I know almost nothing -- except he is GREAT in this role.There are several versions of "King of the Pecos" at YouTube and I picked the longest one. Don't you make that mistake. It's longer because whoever posted it tacked on several minutes of the ending twice.It's a beautiful print, in brightness and contrast, but there are some strange technical glitches that cause the background to wave and wobble. Still, the extraordinarily high quality of the production makes such stuff irrelevant. I highly recommend "King of the Pecos."

dwpollar 1st watched 12/30/2001 - 4 out of 10(Dir-Joseph Kane): Uninspired early John Wayne western portraying him at his early acting stages where he seems to just be doing the lines without putting any feeling into them. This story could have brought out much emotion(Wayne's character's father being murdered and him returning as a lawyer to do in the killer) but it's pretty much kept at bay so that we're presented with a flat and typical gun-shooting contest. Wayne is a handsome young stud here but not much else and the screenplay comes across like it was written on the way over to the set without much patchwork done to it. I'm sure Wayne's tall good looks and smile kept his contract going until he was able to actually do some real acting later in his career so for this I'm grateful(I guess).