Red River Range Explained
Red River Range is a 1938 "Three Mesquiteers" Western film[1] starring John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, and Polly Moran. Wayne played the lead in eight of the fifty-one movies in the popular series. The director was George Sherman.
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
- John Wayne as Stony Brooke
- Ray Corrigan as Tucson Smith
- Max Terhune as Lullaby Joslin
- Elmer as Elmer (Lullaby Joslin's Ventriliquist Dummy) (uncredited)
- Polly Moran as Mrs. Maxwell
- Lorna Gray as Jane Mason
- Kirby Grant as Tex Reilly
- Sammy McKim as Tommy Jones
- William Royle as Payne
- Perry Ivins as Hartley
- Stanley Blystone as Randall
- Lenore Bushman as Evelyn Maxwell
- Burr Caruth as Pop Mason
- Roger Williams as Sheriff Wood
- Earl Askam as Henchman Morton
- Olin Francis 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)
- Theodore Lorch as Rancher (uncredited)
- Frank O'Connor as Photographer (uncredited)
- Curley Dresden as Rustler (uncredited)
- Robert McKenzie as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
- Joe Whitehead as Henchman (uncredited)
- Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as Bellhop (uncredited)
- Al Taylor as Slick (Henchman) (uncredited)
- John Beach as Rustler (uncredited)
Copyright status
The copyright for Red River Range was renewed in 1968.[2]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: The Three Mesquiteers Trio Westerns of Republic Pictures . 2011-08-29. b-westerns.com.
- Web site: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series. Parts 12-13: Motion Pictures and Filmstrips Jan-Dec 1966: Vol 20 No 1-2 . 2024-08-08 . Internet Archive.
