Wild Horse RodeoRepublic production and release of Sol C. Siegel. Directed by George Sherman; story Oliver Drake and Gilbert Wright; screenplay Betty Burbridge; camera William Nobles; editor Lester Orlebeck; musical director Alberto Colombo; song Fleming Allan. Running time 56 minutes. National Board of Review The story of a wild horse that is captured for a rodeo, but is set free again by the man who wins him as a prize. The horses are lovely and the photography excellent. Family-juvenile. Weekly Variety: Republic has a new hoss star, called ‘Cyclone’, who becomes the focal point of his nth Mesquiteer story. Attention is on him most of the time, because, among other things, he’s the best performer. Western is a good one, though, and will have no difficulty keeping up its entertainment assignment. Narrative, pot luck from Gilbert Wright and Oliver Drake, has Bob Livingston and Max Terhune following the rodeo grind, while Ray Corrigan stays home and minds the ranch--with a little herd riding on the affections of June Martel, a 20th century Rosa Bonheur who brushes wild horses and sells canvas and fiction about them to pulps. Need for a rodeo attraction drives Walter Miller and the two Mesquiteers back to their own ranch country, to get the stellar stallion, ‘Cyclone’, as a b.o. follow-up on the mag publicity. Idea strikes no favor with Corrigan or Miss Martel, but Cyclone becomes a rodeo trouper with more sun fishing, back-breaking lurches in his system than any rider can master.
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