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Director
  
Mack V. Wright

Film series
  
The Three Mesquiteers

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

6.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Western

Music director
  
Alberto Colombo

Language
  
English

Hit the Saddle movie poster

Writer
  
Oliver Drake
,
Maurice Geraghty
,
William Colt MacDonald

Release date
  
3 March 1937

Cast
  
Robert Livingston
(Stony Brooke),
Ray Corrigan
(Tucson Smith),
Max Terhune
(Lullaby Joslin),
Rita Hayworth
(Rita),
J.P. McGowan
(Rance McGowan),
Ed Cassidy
(Sheriff Miller)

Similar movies
  
The Strawberry Roan
,
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
,
Coyote Trails
,
Wild Horse Mesa

Tagline
  
A herd of wild horses can't stop these three daring sons of trouble!

Hit the saddle 1937 the three mesquiteers


Hit the Saddle is a 1937 "Three Mesquiteers" Western B-movie starring Bob Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, and Rita Hayworth, before she became famous. The film was directed by Mack V. Wright.

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Hit the saddle 1937


Plot

Cattle rancher Rance McGowan intends to capture a herd of wild horses but they are protected US government. He trains and disguises his own horse, Volcano, to lead them in stampedes across other ranches which will lead to the government removing its protection. In the process, however, the local Sheriff is killed by Volcano and the Sheriff's friends, The Three Mesquiteers, become involved. Meanwhile, Stony Brooke wants to marry saloon singer Rita but the other Mesquiteers do not trust her.

Cast

  • Bob Livingston as Stony Brooke, Mesquiteer
  • Ray Corrigan as Tucson Smith, Mesquiteer
  • Max Terhune as Lullaby Joslin, Mesquiteer
  • Rita Hayworth as Rita, a saloon singer (Hayworth was billed under her real name as Rita Cansino; in the same year she moved to Columbia Pictures and acquired her more famous stage name)
  • J. P. McGowan as Rance McGowan, villainous rancher
  • Ed Cassidy as Sheriff Miller, murdered by McGowan
  • Sammy McKim as Tim Miller, the Sheriff's son
  • Yakima Canutt as Buck, one of McGowan's henchmen
  • Harry Tenbrook as Joe Harvey, one of McGowan's henchmen
  • Robert Smith as Hank, one of McGowan's henchmen
  • Eddie Boland as Pete
  • References

    Hit the Saddle Wikipedia
    Hit the Saddle IMDb Hit the Saddle themoviedb.org