The third of western hero
James Warren's trio of RKO Radio vehicles,
Code of the West was like its predecessors based on a story by
Zane Grey.
Warren plays Bob Wade, a settler on the Arizona Strip, circa 1880. Representing his fellow settlers, Wade stands up to gambling boss Carter (
Raymond Burr), who knows that the railroad intends to extend through Arizona and plans to drive the homesteaders out of the territory. Likewise defying the crooked Carter is Wade's Mexican-Irish sidekick, Chito Rafferty (
John Laurentz).
Code of the West was previously filmed in 1925 and 1934 (the latter version, titled
Home on the Range, starred
Randolph Scott). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide