Overland Stage Raiders (1938)

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  • OVERLAND STAGE RAIDERS


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


    Photo with the courtesy of lasbugas


    INFORMATION FROM IMDb


    Plot Summary
    After gold shipments from a mining town have been hijacked, the three Mesquiteers
    buy a plane to fly the gold out.
    The owner of the shipping line brings in Eastern gangsters to thwart them.
    Summary written by Ed Stephan


    Full Cast
    John Wayne .... Stony Brooke
    Ray Corrigan .... Tucson Smith
    Max Terhune .... Lullaby Joslin
    Louise Brooks .... Beth Hoyt
    Anthony Marsh .... Ned Hoyt
    John Archer .... Bob Whitney (as Ralph Bowman)
    Gordon Hart .... W. T.Mullins
    Roy James .... Dave Harmon
    Olin Francis .... Henchman Jake
    Fern Emmett .... Ma Hawkins
    Henry Otho .... Sheriff Mason
    George Sherwood .... Henchman Clanton
    Arch Hall Sr. .... Joe Waddell (as Archie Hall)
    Frank LaRue .... Hank Milton (as Frank La Rue)
    Chuck Baldra .... Henchman (uncredited)
    John Beach .... Henchman Dutch (uncredited)
    Fred Burns .... Rancher (uncredited)
    Yakima Canutt .... Bus Driver (uncredited)
    Burr Caruth .... Evans (uncredited)
    Tommy Coats .... Henchman (uncredited)
    Curley Dresden .... Rancher (uncredited)
    Edwin Gaffney .... Henchman Gat (uncredited)
    Milton Kibbee .... Airline Passenger (uncredited)
    Jack Kirk .... Henchman (uncredited)
    Bud McClure .... Rancher (uncredited)
    George Morrell .... Rancher (uncredited)
    Bud Osborne .... Rancher (uncredited)
    George Plues .... Henchman (uncredited)
    Dirk Thane .... Henchman (uncredited)
    Slim Whitaker .... Pete Hawkins (uncredited)
    Bill Wolfe .... Rancher (uncredited)


    Writing Credits
    William Colt MacDonald (characters)
    Bernard McConville (story) and
    Edmond Kelso (story)
    Luci Ward (screenplay)


    Stunts
    Yakima Canutt .... stunts (uncredited)
    Tommy Coats .... stunts (uncredited)


    Trivia
    * This was 'Louise Brooks' ' final film. Contrary to popular rumor,
    this was not intended to be her "comeback" to Hollywood;
    she made it because she needed the money.
    She was paid $300 for the film. Not long after it was released,
    she was found working as a salesgirl at Saks Fifth Avenue at a salary of $40 a week.


    Memorable Quotes


    Filming Location
    Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA


    Watch the Movie


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    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

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  • Overland Stage Raiders is a 1938 "Three Mesquiteers" Western film
    starring John Wayne and directed by George Sherman.
    The film is notable for being the final film in which silent film icon Louise Brooks performed.
    Wayne played the lead in eight of the fifty-one films in the popular series


    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 popular 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 second
    Although, it is said, he found them to be dreary, and a drudgery.


    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.

    Quote

    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


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    User Review

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

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  • Hi


    I re-visited this picture to research for my Actor of the Month series it a strange picture a mixture of the old and new.


    In his book Brooks by Barry Paris Lois Brooks tells of a shooting competition between Duke and Ray Corrigan.


    Quote

    'One day on the set, Wayne and Corrigan treatyed Louse and the rest of the cast to a Colt.45 demonstration, shootinng dimes off a tree stump at fifty paces. After six perfedt round and the loss of twelve dimes, they called it a draw'


    When Bob Livingston left the Mesquiteers Corrigan expected to get the role of Stony Brooke the leader of trhe trio and wasn't happy when the role was given to John Wayne but I think in the end they got along.



    Some of the picture is hard to take in particularly the outlaws robbing the bus and the ranchers riding down and attacking the train. The crooks hi-jacking the plane
    and throwing te passengers out all be it with parachutes.


    The experts or critics in general liked it.


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    regards


    Arthur

  • Hi Arthur,
    Thank you for very interesting comments and photos. Unfortunatly this movie is amoung that part of Duke's which I haven't seen yet. But after your article about actor of the mounth I became very interested in it.
    Regards,
    Vera :rolleyes:

  • Hi,

    I agree Arthur, and I know like myself
    you remember these films as a youngster!!

    I always thought this set of films as being odd,
    and like the Roy Rogers films,
    it just seemed strange seeing cowpokes,
    riding around shooting each other,
    in between petrol driven cars, and electric pylons!!


    Arthur you probably included this,
    but from my review post


    Quote

    Trivia


    * This was 'Louise Brooks' ' final film. Contrary to popular rumor, this was not intended to be her "comeback" to Hollywood; she made it because she needed the money. She was paid $300 for the film. Not long after it was released,
    she was found working as a salesgirl at Saks Fifth Avenue at a salary of $40 a week

    .

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

  • (http://www.b-westerns.com/living.htm). Site for Bob Livington...
    There were 51 Three Mesquiteers yarns churned out by Republic from 1936-1943, and Livingston appeared in 29. John Wayne assuming the Brooke role in eight releases for the 1938-39 schedule, But when STAGECOACH (1939) hit the screen, Wayne gained in popularity and moved on to better films. And Livingston returned to the Mesquiteers as Wayne's replacement.

  • These trailers are so great to see. They need to issue a DVD of John Wayne Trailers only. I happen to have a VHS version of some of his later trailers, but a complete viewing of them would be great.

    Cheers :cool:



    Quote

    "When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it"

    - John Wayne quote

  • Here's a small earlier thread I found:-

    Quote


    July 25th 2005
    Colorado Bob

    I was watching Overland Stage Raiders last night and I thought for sure I saw Yak Canutt driving the Overland Stage (bus). It sure looked like him, but he seemed shorter and it looked like he was completely bald, although he was wearing a hat and it was hard to tell for sure, but from the back there was no hair coming out from under the hat. He only had a couple words to say, and it kind of sounded like him. Also, the credits listed Cliff Lyons. I think that he played one of the outlaw gang, and I think he was doubling for Duke a few times, but it was hard to tell for sure. At any rate, it's a pretty good movie. I'll talk to y'all later.
    Colorado Bob



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    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England