A quintessential depression cinema escape, Law of the Rio Grande is an hour of nothing but honest good fun in the Wild West. Bob Custer and Edmund Cobb were stars of silent cinema and adapt well here in this early talking Western. Custer plays a former outlaw who’s trying to live an honest life. He gets set on the right path by the gorgeous Betty Mack who wants to save him. But Custer’s skeletons don’t want to stay in the closet when an old gang member threatens to ruin his newly earned good name. Law of the Rio Grande features snappy dialogue and a fast story. It was a wonderful way to be free of the woes of the great depression and is a pleasant good time today as well.
