''Range Defenders'' is a 1937 American

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" Three Mesquiteers"

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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'' and '' Guns in the Dark'' are playing as a

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Cast

* Robert Livingston as Stony Brooke * Ray Corrigan as Tucson Smith * Max Terhune as Lullaby Joslin * Eleanor Stewart as Sylvia Ashton * Harry Woods as John Harvey * Earle Hodgins as Sheriff Dan Gray * Thomas Carr as George Brooke * Yakima Canutt as Henchman * John Merton as Henchman Craig * Harrison Greene as Auctioneer * Horace B. Carpenter as Pete * Frank Ellis as Henchman * Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Cook

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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 English-language Western (genre) films {{1930s-Western-film-stub