Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueVery organized cattle rustlers are operating with portable slaughterhouses and refrigerator vans. The governor asks the Three Mesquiteers to go undercover to investigate.Very organized cattle rustlers are operating with portable slaughterhouses and refrigerator vans. The governor asks the Three Mesquiteers to go undercover to investigate.Very organized cattle rustlers are operating with portable slaughterhouses and refrigerator vans. The governor asks the Three Mesquiteers to go undercover to investigate.
- Réalisation
- Scénario
- Casting principal
- Dude Ranch Cowhand
- (non crédité)
- Rustler
- (non crédité)
- Marshal
- (non crédité)
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Personally, I like John Wayne as an actor in this series of films as Stony Brook then the A pictures he would soon start to make. Who cannot like that corny dummy Elmer. There is a kind of humor in these movies made by Republic that I have never seen from any other studio. My gut feeling is that it is a Americana feeling, and I like that. As in PALS OF THE SADDLE, Wayne's character as Killer Madigan is right on target while being slightly offbeat and wonderful at the same time.
Great music, sound effects,humor and a rousing adventure make this a nifty film.
In this story, the Mesquiteers are, as usual, undercover agents working for the side of nicenss. They've arrived in town to investigate an insanely organized cattle rustling scheme...one that has a portable slaughterhouse that immediately processes the beef and cuts out the middleman. Can our handsome Mequiteers...and Max...manage to get to the bottom of all this?
This film is pretty typical of a Mesquiteer film, even with Wayne in the lead and the guys going undercover. As usual, Terhune whips out Elmer...his ventriloquist dummy!! I can't stand this and audiences back in the day must have groaned when they saw a couple dummies among the crime-fighters!
Three Mesquiteers is a fun series from Republic, and Red River Range is a good example with a nice mix of gunplay and humour - Polly Moran as a dude lady offers some humour and some sage advice to John Wayne who pretends to be a stranger to the old west. It's not strictly a western as it has trucks and telephones, but there's mostly fast riding and wide open spaces.
Unbeknownst to John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, and Max Terhune the meatpacking industry has hired its own agent, Kirby Grant, to get a line on the rustling. That in itself was an interesting aspect of this film, the inflation of meat prices as a result of cattle rustling. One never does think of the economic hurt, those rustlers cause.
Kirby's cover is blown before he can infiltrate and folks in the Red River country already know the Mesquiteers are coming. So Wayne and Grant switch places and Wayne poses as an escaped killer.
The focus of the investigation is a dude ranch where some mighty strange goings on are occurring. Can't reveal what the scheme, but I assure viewers it's a lulu.
A bit more comedy than usual in this film in the person of old vaudevillian Polly Moran, an amazonian tourist at the dude ranch with eyes on the Duke. Good thing the investigation was over as soon as it was because who knows what John Wayne might have had to do to keep his cover.
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesThe Civilian Volunteer Reserve's dossier on The Three Mesquiteers reads: "Lullaby Joslin / Stony Burke / Tucson Smith Alias: The Three Mesquiteers Address: Three M Ranch, Mesquite County Qualifications: Top Hands - Expert Gunmen - Closed Mouthed - Dependable - Absolutely Honest"
- Citations
Lullaby Joslin: Reckon the folks in Red River will kinda be surprised they're gettin' three investigators when they only asked for one?
Stony Brooke: They're only gettin' one - and his two assistants.
Tucson Smith: And you're the one?
Stony Brooke: Sure!
Tucson Smith: It's awfully nice of you to take us along for the ride.
- ConnexionsEdited into Six Gun Theater: Red River Range (2016)
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Détails
- Durée56 minutes
- Couleur
- Rapport de forme
- 1.37 : 1