The Night Riders (1939 film)

The Night Riders
The Night Riders
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	George Sherman
Written by	William Colt MacDonald
Produced by	William A. Berke
Starring	John Wayne; Ray Corrigan; Max Terhune
Cinematography	Jack A. Marta
Edited by	Lester Orlebeck
Music by	William Lava
Production; company	Republic Pictures
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release date	April 12, 1939;
Running time	56 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Night Riders is a 1939 American "Three Mesquiteers" Western film^[1] starring John Wayne, Ray "Crash" Corrigan, and Max Terhune. Wayne played the lead in eight of the fifty-one Three Mesquiteer films. The director was George Sherman. The villain of the film was based on a real-life character in the Old West, James Reavis, who was also known as The Baron of Arizona.^[2]

Cast[]

John Wayne as Stony Brooke
Ray Corrigan as Tucson Smith
Max Terhune as Lullaby Joslin
Elmer as Elmer (Lullaby Joslin's Ventriloquist Dummy) (uncredited)
Doreen McKay as Soledad
Ruth Rogers as Susan Randall
George Douglas as Talbot Pierce, aka Don Luis de Serrano
Tom Tyler as Henchman Jackson
Kermit Maynard as Sheriff Pratt
Sammy McKim as Tim Randall
Walter Wills as Hazleton (the Forger)
Ethan Laidlaw as Henchman Andrews
Edward Peil Sr. as Rancher
Tom London as Rancher
Jack Ingram as Henchman Wilkins
Bill Nestell as Brawler
Hank Worden as Rancher (uncredited)
Horace Murphy as Riverboat Captain Asa Beckett (uncredited)
Yakima Canutt as Mob Member at Gate (uncredited)
Bob Card as Rancher (uncredited)
Allan Cavan as Judge (uncredited)
Dick Dickinson as Henchman Rent Collector (uncredited

References[]

^ "The Three Mesquiteers Trio Westerns of Republic Pictures". b-westerns.com. Retrieved August 29, 2011.
^ Hal Erickson (2012). "The Night Riders (1939)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved January 24, 2011.

External links[]

The Night Riders at IMDb

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[b-westerns-1] "The Three Mesquiteers Trio Westerns of Republic Pictures". b-westerns.com. Retrieved August 29, 2011.

[2] Hal Erickson (2012). "The Night Riders (1939)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved January 24, 2011.

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v t The Three Mesquiteers films
1936	The Three Mesquiteers Ghost-Town Gold Roarin' Lead
1937	Riders of the Whistling Skull Hit the Saddle Gunsmoke Ranch Come on, Cowboys Range Defenders Heart of the Rockies The Trigger Trio Wild Horse Rodeo
1938	The Purple Vigilantes Call the Mesquiteers Outlaws of Sonora Riders of the Black Hills Heroes of the Hills Pals of the Saddle Overland Stage Raiders Santa Fe Stampede Red River Range
1939	The Night Riders Three Texas Steers Wyoming Outlaw New Frontier The Kansas Terrors Cowboys from Texas
1940	Heroes of the Saddle Pioneers of the West Covered Wagon Days Rocky Mountain Rangers Oklahoma Renegades Under Texas Skies The Trail Blazers Lone Star Raiders
1941	Prairie Pioneers Pals of the Pecos Saddlemates Gangs of Sonora Outlaws of Cherokee Trail Gauchos of Eldorado West of Cimarron
1942	Code of the Outlaw Raiders of the Range Westward Ho The Phantom Plainsmen Shadows on the Sage Valley of Hunted Men
1943	Thundering Trails The Blocked Trail Santa Fe Scouts Riders of the Rio Grande

The Night Riders (1939 film)

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