THREE TEXAS STEERS

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

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INFORMATION FROM IMDb

Plot Summary
Nancy Evans, lovely circus owner, has a ranch that she's never visited,
but for sentimental reasons won't sell to Mike Abbott. Her partners, secretly in league with Abbott,
sabotage the circus to force Nancy to sell the ranch; instead, she goes there to live.
Will her neighbors, the Three Mesquiteers, be a match for the secret swindlers?
And what's so valuable about that run-down ranch anyway?
Summary written by Rod Crawford

Full Cast
John Wayne .... Stony Brooke
Ray Corrigan .... Tucson Smith
Max Terhune .... Lullaby Joslin
Carole Landis .... Nancy Evans
Ralph Graves .... George Ward
Roscoe Ates .... Sheriff Brown
Collette Lyons .... Lillian
Billy Curtis .... Hercules, the Midget
Ted Adams .... Henchman Steve
Stanley Blystone .... Henchman Rankin
David Sharpe .... Tony
Ethan Laidlaw .... Henchman Morgan
Lew Kelly .... Postman
Naba .... Willie the Gorilla
John Beach .... Henchman (uncredited)
Bob Burns .... Man exiting Sheriff's Office (uncredited)
Jack Kirk .... Townsman (uncredited)
Ted Mapes .... Henchman (uncredited)
John Merton .... Mike Abbott (uncredited)
Dave Willock .... Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Writing Credits
Betty Burbridge original screenplay
William Colt MacDonald characters
Stanley Roberts original screenplay

Produced
William A. Berke .... associate producer

Original Music
William Lava

Cinematography
Ernest Miller

Stunts
Yakima Canutt .... stunts (uncredited)
James Fawcett .... stunts (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons .... stunts (uncredited)
Ted Mapes .... stunts (uncredited)
Joe Yrigoyen .... stunts (uncredited)

Trivia
Ray Corrigan not only plays his familiar character of Tucson Smith, second billed of the Three Mesquiteers, but also, billed as 'Naba', plays Willie the Gorilla.

Memorable Quotes (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032032/quotes)

Filming Locations
Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA

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, westerns in contemporary settings.
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 6th.Although, it is said, he found them to be dreary, and a drudgery.
Duke, once again with his trusty pals,
Ray Corrigans says,
You know, there used to be a time, when being an American, meant something.

Duke responds,
It still does.It stands for freedom, and fair play
When deciding, on what had to be done,
Duke expounds,
All the more reason, we gotta fight.The men, who opended up this country, didn't sit around, cryin' for help.
They did somethin'
With dialogue like this, THE THREE MESQUITEERS, had to win the day.

This is the one that brought Carole Landis to the screen,
the three guys saving the day, after the baddies try to take her ranch.
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.
Rating 6/10
Duke, told writer Maurice Zolotow.
They were horrible montrosities
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

Here's another of those 1953 reissue posters, where they used the same poster for several different titles, just changing the title in the box. Nowhere near as good as the original (see Keith's introductory post for this thread to see that one), at least not IMHO.

I wish that Lionsgate would release all 8 of John Wayne's Mesquiteers series on DVD.

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