PALS OF THE SADDLE (1938)

DIRECTED BY GEORGE SHERMAN
PRODUCED BY WILLIAM A. BERKE
REPUBLIC PICTURES

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INFORMATION FROM IMDb

Plot Summary
Returning a lost item to Ann, Stony arrives just two men shoot each other.
Ann is a Government Agent and she gets Stony to replace her now dead partner.
An important chemical is being smuggled out of the country and she sends
Stony to the storage facility posing as the foreign Agent.
He fools the guards but the boss arrives to expose the hoax
and Stony is made a prisoner.
Written by Maurice VanAuken

Full Cast
John Wayne ... Stony Brooke
Ray Corrigan ... Tucson Smith
Max Terhune ... Lullaby Joslin
Doreen McKay ... Ann aka Mirandy, Secret Service Agent
Joseph Forte ... Judge Hastings (as Josef Forte)
George Douglas ... Paul Hartman (Foreign Agent)
Frank Milan ... Frank, Secret Service Agent
Ted Adams ... Henry C. Gordon (Smuggler)
Harry Depp ... Hotel Desk Clerk
Dave Weber ... Russian Musician
Don Orlando ... Italian Musician
Charles Knight ... English Musician
Jack Kirk ... Sheriff Johnson
John Beach ... Henchman (uncredited)
Bob Burns ... Coroner (uncredited)
Yakima Canutt ... Henchman (uncredited)
Art Dillard ... Henchman at Acme Salt Refinery (uncredited)
Curley Dresden ... Henchman at Acme Salt Refinery (uncredited)
Elmer ... Elmer, Lullaby's Dummy (uncredited)
Olin Francis ... Henchman (uncredited)
Otto Hoffman ... Townsman (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp ... Townsman (uncredited)
Philip Kieffer ... Army Officer (uncredited)
Monte Montague ... Henchman at Acme Salt Refinery (uncredited)
George Montgomery ... Rider (uncredited)
Herman Nowlin ... Henchman (uncredited)
Tex Palmer ... Henchman at Acme Salt Refinery (uncredited)
George Plues ... Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Bill Yrigoyen ... Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Joe Yrigoyen ... Wagon Driver (uncredited)

Writing Credits
Stanley Roberts (original screenplay) &
Betty Burbridge (original screenplay)

Produced
William A. Berke .... associate producer (as William Berke)

Original Music
Daniel E. Kelly (song "Home on the Range") (uncredited )

Stunts
Yakima Canutt .... stunts (uncredited)
Tommy Coats .... stunts (uncredited)
George Montgomery .... stunts (uncredited)
Nellie Walker .... stunts (uncredited)
Bill Yrigoyen .... stunts (uncredited)
Joe Yrigoyen .... stunts (uncredited)

Filming Locations
Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA
Red Rock Canyon State Park, Cantil, California, USA

No information on Trivia/Goofs

Hi EE

The first sentence does not make any sense regarding the plot, can you restructure it please?

I was reading in the John Wayne scrapbook that after The Big Trail this movie along with The Star Packer were two movies pre Stagecoach that Duke fans preffered, must be a reasonable movie then.

:agent:

Hi,
After his unhappy spell, with the 6 picture deal with Universal,
things changed for the better.
A series of 'B' Westerns, was being updated, with Duke
being invited into the role of Stony Brooke, recently vacated by
by Bob Livingston.
THE THREE MESQUITEERS
was a poplular series for REPUBLIC, and Duke's winning personality, soon worked in, with the established characters, Ray Corrigan, as Tuscon Smith,Max Terhune as Lullaby
Johnson, and Terhune's dummy, Elmer.
Duke made 8 of these and this was his first.
Although, it is said, he found them to be dreary, and a drudgery.

Arthur and I, talked about these pictures on another thread,
and I, can remember seeing them, on the Saturday morning matinees,
with all the kids, yelling, booing and hissing, at every other interval.
I remember Elmer, with great fondness, oh and yes Duke of course.
What an improvement he was, in these, and the Duke we now ,know and love,
was at least shining through.

They were horrible montrosities
he told writer Maurice Zolotow.
However, what Duke didn't realise, is that they had exposed him,
to a much bigger audience, including 'A' pictures, audiences.

They may have been a drudgery, but within months,
the big bang, was there

STAGECOACH

Hi Keith, thanks for the review for this one my friend. I also just realized that I don't have any of the Three Mesquiteers on DvD. :(

I have a special reviews request for you as well mate. Can you please do one for Allegheny Uprising. :D

Take care mate -- C.

Here's an original theater poster from Pals of the Saddle, and the second one a 1953 reissue (like Keith's, in the introductory post).

It's interesting to notice how the reissue posters for Overland Stage Raiders and Pals of the Saddle are the same, except for the title in the yellow box.

Also notice how Duke's "aged" in the re-issue poster . . . :glare:.

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