Hurricane Horseman on AllMovie

Hurricane Horseman was the first entry in cowboy star Lane Chandler's brief western series for Willis Kent Productions. In emulation of Tom Mix (whom he closely resembled), Chandler plays a gun repairman who wanders into a dusty frontier town, looking for work. Through a series of clever if unbelievable plot twists, our hero finds himself in the camp of an outlaw gang, where a beautiful Spanish aristocrat is being held until her daddy can cough up a ransom. Biding his time, Chandler eventually rescues the girl, whereupon the villains draw their weapons and fire -- only to find that Chandler has damaged the firearms beyond repair! Once a rival to Gary Cooper, Lane Chandler was unable to sustain his stardom into the talkie era, though he enjoyed a long and rewarding career as a character actor.