Lady from Louisiana was directed by Bernard Vorhaus who shot some nice B movies like Amazing Mr X, Bury me dead, and of course the fantastic thriller "the Last journey".

In Lady from Louisiana, we have the classic opposition of law against corruption, with a love story between the prosecutor (John Wayne) and the owner of vice establishments financed by her lottery (Ona Munsen) who ignores the rackets and killings Of Ray Middleton. Really classic story, but set in New Orleans and wonderfully shot by Vorhaus and cinematographer Jack Marta, the movie has some fine visual moments at night with travellings and strong editing, the best part being the hurricane with not enough budget for being spectacular. Forget the lousy comedy scenes.

Bernard Vorhaus wrote an interesting autobiography, Saved from oblivion.

It's the 1890s, and Northern lawyer John Reynolds (John Wayne) is traveling south to New Orleans via riverboat to meet with his elderly aunt Blanche (Helen Westley). On the boat, John meets Julie Mirbeau (Ona Munson), and the two fall in love. When they reach New Orleans, John learns that his aunt wants him to help head up legal efforts to stop the corrupt State Lottery, which just so happens to be run by Julie's father General Anatole (Henry Stephenson). However, the real force behind the corruption is the General's right-hand man Black-ie (Ray Middleton).

Republic attempts to make a MGM-caliber costumer with less than thrilling results. The sets and costumes are well done, but the story is dull, barely coherent, and predicated on just a few too many coincidences and failures of communication. There's some disaster-movie action near the end with the failure of levees and flooding. I don't know if Wayne enjoyed making a movie where he wasn't on a horse for a change, but he seems ill-suited for this one. Some sources label this movie a Western, but it in no way is, unless one thinks any movie set in the 19th century is a Western.

John Wayne battles the forces of corruption down New Orleans way in this passable time-killer.Henry Stephenson as the owner of a lottery game that's been robbing the town blind and Ray Middleton as his right hand man both put in decent performances.There's also a love story here but the sparks between Wayne and Ona Munson don't fly too far.The ending with biblical overtones that could have stood some better special effects,but all in all this film is fun to watch.