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New Frontier

  • 1939
  • Approved
  • 57m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
738
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John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, and Raymond Hatton in New Frontier (1939)
DramaWestern

The Three Mesquiteers convince a group of settlers to exchange their present property for some which, unbeknownst to our good guys, is going to be worthless. They are captured before they ca... Read allThe Three Mesquiteers convince a group of settlers to exchange their present property for some which, unbeknownst to our good guys, is going to be worthless. They are captured before they can warn the ranchers.The Three Mesquiteers convince a group of settlers to exchange their present property for some which, unbeknownst to our good guys, is going to be worthless. They are captured before they can warn the ranchers.

  • Director
    • George Sherman
  • Writers
    • Betty Burbridge
    • Luci Ward
    • William Colt MacDonald
  • Stars
    • John Wayne
    • Ray Corrigan
    • Raymond Hatton
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.3/10
    738
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • George Sherman
    • Writers
      • Betty Burbridge
      • Luci Ward
      • William Colt MacDonald
    • Stars
      • John Wayne
      • Ray Corrigan
      • Raymond Hatton
    • 20User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    John Wayne
    John Wayne
    • Stony Brooke
    Ray Corrigan
    Ray Corrigan
    • Tucson Smith
    Raymond Hatton
    Raymond Hatton
    • Rusty Joslin
    Jennifer Jones
    Jennifer Jones
    • Celia Braddock
    • (as Phylis Isley)
    Eddy Waller
    Eddy Waller
    • Maj. Steven Braddock
    Sammy McKim
    Sammy McKim
    • Stevie Braddock
    LeRoy Mason
    LeRoy Mason
    • M.C. Gilbert
    Harrison Greene
    • William Proctor
    Reginald Barlow
    Reginald Barlow
    • Judge Bill Lawson
    Burr Caruth
    • Dr. William Hall
    Dave O'Brien
    Dave O'Brien
    • Jason Braddock
    Hal Price
    Hal Price
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    Jack Ingram
    Jack Ingram
    • Harmon
    Bud Osborne
    Bud Osborne
    • Dickson
    Slim Whitaker
    Slim Whitaker
    • Jed Turner
    • (as Charles Whitaker)
    Chuck Baldra
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    Bob Burns
    Bob Burns
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    Forest Burns
    Forest Burns
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    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • George Sherman
    • Writers
      • Betty Burbridge
      • Luci Ward
      • William Colt MacDonald
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    frason@optusnet.com.au

    A GREAT Jammed-Packed Action Movie!

    Starring: John Wayne, Ray Corrigan and Raymond Hatton.

    A great western style movie full of action. This story is about Three Mesquiteers who trade their property to these guys who capture them and they don't have time to warn their friends, The Ranchers. A fantastic movie that the whole family will enjoy!
    6jordondave-28085

    Although this is a low budget quickie I've seen worse

    (1939) Frontier Horizon / New Frontier WESTERN

    Starring John Wayne, Ray "Crash" Corrigan, and Raymond Hatton as "The Three Mesquiteers"- the low budget Western equivalent of "The Three Musketeers". And while I was watching this film, I couldn't believe how original and entertaining this film was in comparison to 2007 "3:10 To Yuma" and Coen's version of "True Grit". It takes place right after the Civil War focusing on a small town called "New Hope" which the residents have so much pride on had just learned that a water damn is needed to go through so that bigger towns or cities can have water, and that a cash settlement is going to be offered to them if they move away from their properties. Of course, the residents refuse to leave and are willing to fight for it, until a better proposal, has been offered on the table. Viewers are not clear who are the bad guys are until shady deals are proposed. Had the budget been higher, my rating would have been higher as well.
    5utgard14

    "Better keep your eyes peeled for Injuns!"

    Three Mesquiteers film starring John Wayne, Ray 'Crash' Corrigan, and Raymond Hatton. This time around the trio are helping ranchers fight crooked land grabbers. This was Wayne's final entry in this series of B westerns before moving on to bigger and better things. It's also the film debut of Jennifer Jones, billed under her pre-Selznick name of Phylis Isley. She does a fine job. Corrigan and Hatton are fun. Nice support from Eddy Waller. LeRoy Mason plays the heavy for the second consecutive Mesquiteers film. This is a pretty standard B western with a wonky timeline (supposed to be the 1910s but it's more like the 1870s). There's little to recommend about it outside of its appeal to Wayne (and maybe Jennifer Jones) completists.
    5bkoganbing

    Farewell to The Mesquiteers

    John Wayne said farewell to the Three Mesquiteers film series and to the character of Stoney Burke he had played in them. The Mesquiteers would continue on without the Duke as they had before him. Herbert J. Yates and Republic finally decided that Wayne had become too big a star to continue him in B westerns. His next film after this was a loan out to RKO, Allegheny Uprising.

    In fact there was another change in the cast, Max Terhune left the series even before this and was replaced by Raymond Hatton.

    New Frontier, not to be confused with the Kennedy administration, also has Phyllis Isley as the leading lady. Her next film would win her an Academy Award and a name change to Jennifer Jones. Of course that is the Song of Bernadette. She never did do a film with Wayne after this, but I'm guessing it was because the Duke didn't want to work for David O. Selznick.

    This entry in the Mesquiteers films deals with the right of eminent domain. The Mesquiteers ranch and the property of all the others in New Hope Valley has been condemned because the state wants to build a dam for a large city and create a reservoir where their property is. This subject was dealt with in a quite serious way in Elia Kazan's film Wild River about the Tennessee Valley Authority.

    Of course here it's all part of land swindle, but Stoney, Tucson, and Rusty put things to right in the end and do it with the same pioneer spirit their ancestors showed.

    You would expect anything else from a John Wayne film?
    3wes-connors

    Greener Pastures

    "Impoverished by civil war, and faced with the painful labor of reconstruction, thousands of Americans cut the old tries and took the immigrant trail to the free lands of the far west – and a new beginning," according to the opening...

    A pioneering family led by soldier Eddy Waller (as Steven Braddock) finds a beautiful area to settle and they name the place "New Hope Valley" because if symbolizes new hope. Fifty years later, the family and other residents celebrate the town's golden anniversary. On hand are Republic Pictures' "The Three Mesquiteers" – leader John Wayne (as Stony Brooke), partner Ray Corrigan (as Tucson Smith) and comic sidekick Raymond Hatton (as Rusty Joslin). They seem to be, herein, based in "New Hope" and riding the (?) Pony Express. Trouble arrives when nasty government men and land contractors declare "New Hope Valley" is condemned, so they can level the town and build a damn. Outraged citizens convince Mr. Wayne to lead the opposition...

    This routine round-up was the last series appearance for two of the Mesquiteers. Wayne was obviously off to greener pastures due to his choice role in director John Ford's "Stagecoach" (1939). He would be replaced by returning "Stony" Robert Livingston. Also calling it quits, Mr. Corrigan went on to star in his own series, with Bob Steele taking over the "Tucson" role. Republic remembered they already had a "New Frontier" (1935) starring John Wayne, so they re-titled this "Frontier Horizon". Making her film debut herein is pretty young Phylis Isley, who became very popular after changing her name to "Jennifer Jones" and hooking up with producer David O. Selznick. In Hollywood, being noticed by John Ford or David Selznick certainly helped.

    *** New Frontier Horizon (8/10/39) George Sherman ~ John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Raymond Hatton, Jennifer Jones

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    • Trivia
      Film debut of Jennifer Jones.
    • Goofs
      Despite the fact that the story is supposed to be taking place around 1914, the women wear mostly 1939 fashions and hairstyles throughout, except at the New Hope Valley 50th Anniversary Dance, where they are all in period costume. Meantime everyone uses buckboards and horse drawn buggies for transportation, and there is not an automobile in sight, even though they were in common use by this time.
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      Featured in Hollywood and the Stars: They Went That-a-way (1963)

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    • Release date
      • August 10, 1939 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Frontier Horizon
    • Filming locations
      • Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Republic Pictures
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    • Runtime
      • 57m
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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