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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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film
starring
John Wayne,
Ray Corrigan,
Max Terhune
Max Terhune (February 12, 1891 – June 5, 1973) was an American film actor born in Franklin, Indiana. He appeared in nearly 70 films, mostly B-westerns, between 1936 and 1956. Among these, Terhune starred in '' The Three Mesquiteers'' an ...
, and
Polly Moran. Wayne played the lead in eight of the fifty-one movies in the popular series. The director was
George Sherman
George Sherman (July 14, 1908 – March 15, 1991) was an American film director and producer of low-budget Western films. One obituary said his "credits rival in number those of anyone in the entertainment industry."
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George Sherman ...
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Plot summary
The Cattlemen's Association has called in the Mesquiteers to find cattle rustlers. They get Tex Riley to pose as Stony so Stony can arrive posing as a wanted outlaw. This gets Stony into the gang of rustlers and he alerts Tucson and Lullaby as to the next raid. But Hartley is on hand and unknown to anyone is the rustler's boss and he joins the posse with a plan that will do away with the Mesquiteers.
Cast
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John Wayne as Stony Brooke
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Ray Corrigan as Tucson Smith
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Max Terhune
Max Terhune (February 12, 1891 – June 5, 1973) was an American film actor born in Franklin, Indiana. He appeared in nearly 70 films, mostly B-westerns, between 1936 and 1956. Among these, Terhune starred in '' The Three Mesquiteers'' an ...
as Lullaby Joslin
* Elmer as Elmer (Lullaby Joslin's
Ventriliquist Dummy) (uncredited)
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Polly Moran as Mrs. Maxwell
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Lorna Gray as Jane Mason
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Kirby Grant as Tex Reilly
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Sammy McKim
Sammy McKim (December 20, 1924 – July 9, 2004) was a Canadian film actor and artist. He graduated from Los Angeles Art Center with a Bachelor of Arts Degree and was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He died in Burbank, California from ...
as Tommy Jones
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William Royle
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as Payne
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Perry Ivins as Hartley
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Stanley Blystone
William Stanley Blystone (August 1, 1894 – July 16, 1956) was an American film actor who made more than 500 films appearances between 1924 and 1956. He was sometimes billed as William Blystone or William Stanley.
Early years
Blystone was ...
as Randall
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Lenore Bushman as Evelyn Maxwell
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Burr Caruth as Pop Mason
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Roger Williams as Sheriff Wood
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Earl Askam as Henchman Morton
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Olin Francis
Olin Caldwell Francis (September 13, 1891 Mooreville, Mississippi - June 30, 1952 Hollywood, California) was an American actor.
Francis graduated in engineering from the University of Mississippi and acted on stage before he went to Hollywoo ...
as Henchman Kenton
* Chuck Baldra as Dude Ranch Cowhand (uncredited)
* Ed Cassidy as Marshal (uncredited)
* Bert Dillard as Cattleman (uncredited)
* Jack Montgomery as Cattleman (uncredited)
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Theodore Lorch
Theodore "Ted" Lorch (September 29, 1873 – November 12, 1947) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1908 and 1947.
Biography
Born in Springfield, Illinois, in 1873, Lorch appeared in several Three Stoog ...
as Rancher (uncredited)
* Frank O'Connor as Photographer (uncredited)
* Curley Dresden as Rustler (uncredited)
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Robert McKenzie as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
* Joe Whitehead as Henchman (uncredited)
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Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Bellhop (uncredited)
* Al Taylor as Slick (Henchman) (uncredited)
* John Beach as Rustler (uncredited)
See also
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John Wayne filmography
American actor, director, and producer John Wayne (1907–1979) began working on films as an extra, prop man and stuntman, mainly for the Fox Film Corporation. He frequently worked in minor roles with director John Ford and when Raoul Walsh s ...
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1938 films
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Three Mesquiteers films
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1938 Western (genre) films
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American Western (genre) films
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