“Trail of the Vigilantes was originally planned by Universal as a straight drama, but Dwan saw its inherent ridiculousness - no doubt Franchot Tone, Broderick Crawford, and Andy Devine as the unlikely trio of good guys, with assistance from Mischa Auer, gave him further incentive - and turned it into a deadpan comedy Western that is fast and funny.” --Peter Bogdanovich.
“Packed with traditional Western action and stunts, it adds to the fun by making the good guys totally incompetent and the bad guys unusually resourceful.” --W.K.E.