Ride Him, Cowboy is a 1932 pre-Code Western film directed by Fred Allen for Warner Brothers, starring a 25-year-old John Wayne.

Based on the 1923 novel of the same name by Kenneth Perkins, the film is a remake of The Unknown Cavalier, a 1926 silent Western starring Ken Maynard, with much stock footage from the original.

The film was released as The Hawk in the U.K.[2] John Drury is passing through when townsfolk are about to kill Duke, a horse they believe to be dangerous.

A group of vigilantes, believing that Drury is the Hawk, accuse him of murder and take him to face a hanging judge.

Fortunately, Ruth shows up with the news that a wounded witness has regained consciousness and confirmed Drury's claim that Simms is the real bandit.