''Range Defenders'' is a 1937 American
Western
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Three Mesquiteers
''The Three Mesquiteers'' is the umbrella title for a Republic Pictures series of 51 American Western B-movies released between 1936 and 1943. The films, featuring a trio of Old West adventurers, was based on a series of Western novels by W ...
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B-movie
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directed by
Mack V. Wright.
Plot
Set in modern times, Stony Brooke's kid brother George rides into town saying that he is wanted for murder, a charge he denies. Stony, Tucson and Alibi ride to his brother's town to see that the Brooke family cattle ranch is up for sale due to George being already found guilty of murder. They discover the town is run by a group of sheepmen who wear uniforms. The Mesquiteers decide to run Tucson as a candidate in the election for sheriff to guarantee a fair trial for George. The corrupt sheepmen try to deny the cattlemen the right to vote, but the Mesquiteers bring everyone to justice using blazing six-guns, dynamite and ventriloquism.
The town hall has a sign announcing that ''
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin
''Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield for Supreme Pictures for release by Republic Pictures. It stars Bob Steele, Louise Stanley, and Karl Hackett.p. 72 Martin, Len D. ''The Republic Pictures C ...
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Guns in the Dark'' are playing as a
double feature
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Opera use
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Cast
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Robert Livingston as
Stony Brooke
Stony may refer to:
Places
* Stony Brook (disambiguation)
* Stony Creek (disambiguation)
* Stony Lake (disambiguation)
* Stony River (disambiguation)
* Stony Island (disambiguation)
* Stony Point (disambiguation)
* Stony Mountain (Missouri)
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Ray Corrigan as
Tucson Smith
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Max Terhune as
Lullaby Joslin
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Eleanor Stewart as Sylvia Ashton
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Harry Woods as John Harvey
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Earle Hodgins
Earle Hodgins (October 6, 1893 – April 14, 1964) was an American actor.
Career
Early in his career, Hodgins was active in stock theater, including working in the Ralph Cloninger troupe of Salt Lake City, Utah, and the Siegel Stock compan ...
as Sheriff Dan Gray
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Thomas Carr as George Brooke
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Yakima Canutt as Henchman
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John Merton as Henchman Craig
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Harrison Greene as Auctioneer
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Horace B. Carpenter as Pete
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Frank Ellis as Henchman
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Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Cook
References
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1937 films
1937 Western (genre) films
American black-and-white films
Three Mesquiteers films
Films directed by Mack V. Wright
Republic Pictures films
American Western (genre) films
Films produced by Sol C. Siegel
Films with screenplays by Joseph F. Poland
1930s English-language films
1930s American films
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