Three Texas Steers
Appearance
Three Texas Steers | |
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Directed by | George Sherman |
Written by | |
Based on | Based on characters by William Colt MacDonald |
Produced by | William A. Berke |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Ernest Miller |
Edited by | Tony Martinelli |
Music by | William Lava |
Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 56 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Three Texas Steers (UK title Danger Rides the Range) is a 1939 American "Three Mesquiteers" Western B-movie directed by George Sherman. It stars John Wayne, Ray "Crash" Corrigan and Max Terhune as the Mesquiteers; with Carole Landis as the female lead.[1] Wayne played the lead in eight of the fifty-one films in the series.
Plot
[edit]George Ward, the business manager of a small circus owned by Nancy Evans will stop at nothing to gain control of her valuable ranch. When Nancy continually refuses to sell, Ward's henchmen sabotage the circus. The Three Mesquiteers ride to the rescue.
Cast
[edit]- John Wayne as Stony Brooke
- Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Tucson Smith and Willie the Gorilla
- Max Terhune as Lullaby Joslin
- Carole Landis as Nancy Evans
- Ralph Graves as George Ward
- Roscoe Ates as Sheriff Brown
- Collette Lyons as Lillian
- Billy Curtis as Hercules, the Midget
- Ted Adams as Henchman Steve
- Stanley Blystone as Henchman Rankin
- David Sharpe as Tony
- Ethan Laidlaw as Henchman Morgan
- Lew Kelly as Postman
- Ted Mapes as A Henchman (uncredited)
- John Merton as Mike Abbott (uncredited)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The Three Mesquiteers Trio Westerns of Republic Pictures". b-westerns.com. Retrieved August 29, 2011.
External links
[edit]- Three Texas Steers at IMDb
- Three Texas Steers at the TCM Movie Database
- Three Texas Steers at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Categories:
- 1939 films
- 1939 Western (genre) films
- American Western (genre) films
- American black-and-white films
- 1930s English-language films
- Films directed by George Sherman
- Films scored by William Lava
- Republic Pictures films
- Three Mesquiteers films
- 1930s American films
- English-language Western (genre) films
- 1930s Western (genre) film stubs