Overland Stage Raiders

1938 film

John Wayne
Ray Corrigan
Max Terhune
Louise Brooks

CinematographyWilliam NoblesEdited byTony MartinelliDistributed byRepublic Pictures

Release date

September 20, 1938 (1938-09-20)

Running time

55 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Overland Stage Raiders is a 1938 "Three Mesquiteers" Western film^[1] 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.

It was filmed on location at Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, and at the now defunct Conejo Valley Airport in Thousand Oaks, California.^[2]

Plot summary

After gold shipments from a mining town have been hijacked, the three Mesquiteers buy a plane to transport the gold. However, the owner of the shipping line brings in Eastern gangsters to thwart them. After the pilot makes an unexpected landing, the Mesquiteers search for the plane and its cargo.

Cast

John Wayne as Stony Brooke
Ray Corrigan as Tucson Smith
Max Terhune as Lullaby Joslin
Louise Brooks as Beth Hoyt
Elmer as Elmer (Lullaby's Dummy) (uncredited)
Anthony Marsh as Ned Hoyt
John Archer as Bob Whitney
Gordon Hart as W. T.Mullins
Roy James as Dave Harmon
Olin Francis as Henchman Jake
Fern Emmett as Ma Hawkins
Henry Otho as Sheriff Mason
George Sherwood as Henchman Clanton
Arch Hall Sr. as Joe Waddell
Frank LaRue as Hank Milton
Edwin Gaffney as Gat (Eastern Gangster) (uncredited)
Slim Whitaker as Pete Hawkins (uncredited)
Chuck Baldra as Henchman (uncredited)
Burr Caruth as Evans (uncredited)
Curley Dresden as Rancher (uncredited)
John Beach as Henchman (uncredited)
Duke R. Lee as An Investor (uncredited)
Tommy Coats as Henchman (uncredited)
Bud McClure as Rancher (uncredited
George Morrell as Rancher (uncredited)
Yakima Canutt as Bus Driver (uncredited)
Bud Osborne as Rancher (uncredited)
Charles Brinley as Rancher (uncredited)
Jack Kirk as Henchman (uncredited)
Bill Wolfe as Rancher (uncredited)
George Plues as Henchman (uncredited)
Dirk Thane as Dutch (Eastern Gangster) (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee as Airline Passenger (uncredited)
Fred Burns as Rancher (uncredited)

References

^ "The Three Mesquiteers Trio Westerns of Republic Pictures". b-westerns.com. Retrieved August 29, 2011.
^ Schneider, Jerry L. (2014). The Ray "Crash" Corrigan Filmography. Lulu Press, Inc. Page 195. ISBN 9780983197287.

External links

Overland Stage Raiders at IMDb
Overland Stage Raiders at AllMovie
Overland Stage Raiders at the TCM Movie Database
Overland Stage Raiders at the American Film Institute Catalog

Films directed by George Sherman

Wild Horse Rodeo (1937)
The Purple Vigilantes (1938)
Outlaws of Sonora (1938)
Riders of the Black Hills (1938)
Heroes of the Hills (1938)
Pals of the Saddle (1938)
Overland Stage Raiders (1938)
Rhythm of the Saddle (1938)
Santa Fe Stampede (1938)
Red River Range (1938)
Mexicali Rose (1939)
The Night Riders (1939)
Three Texas Steers (1939)
Wyoming Outlaw (1939)
Colorado Sunset (1939)
New Frontier (1939)
The Kansas Terrors (1939)
Rovin' Tumbleweeds (1939)
Cowboys from Texas (1939)
South of the Border (1939)
Ghost Valley Raiders (1940)
Covered Wagon Days (1940)
Rocky Mountain Rangers (1940)
One Man's Law (1940)
The Tulsa Kid (1940)
Under Texas Skies (1940)
Frontier Vengeance (1940)
The Trail Blazers (1940)
Texas Terrors (1940)
Lone Star Raiders (1940)
Wyoming Wildcat (1941)
The Phantom Cowboy (1941)
Two Gun Sheriff (1941)
Desert Bandit (1941)
Kansas Cyclone (1941)
Citadel of Crime (1941)
The Apache Kid (1941)
Death Valley Outlaws (1941)
A Missouri Outlaw (1941)
Arizona Terrors (1942)
Stagecoach Express (1942)
Jesse James, Jr. (1942)
The Cyclone Kid (1942)
The Sombrero Kid (1942)
X Marks the Spot (1942)
London Blackout Murders (1943)
The Mantrap (1943)
False Faces (1943)
The West Side Kid (1943)
A Scream in the Dark (1943)
Mystery Broadcast (1943)
The Lady and the Monster (1944)
Storm Over Lisbon (1944)
The Crime Doctor's Courage (1945)
Renegades (1946)
The Gentleman Misbehaves (1946)
Talk About a Lady (1946)
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946)
The Secret of the Whistler (1946)
Personality Kid (1946)
Last of the Redskins (1947)
Relentless (1948)
Black Bart (1948)
River Lady (1948)
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' (1948)
Larceny (1948)
Red Canyon (1949)
Yes Sir, That's My Baby (1949)
Sword in the Desert (1949)
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949)
Comanche Territory (1950)
The Sleeping City (1950)
Tomahawk (1951)
The Golden Horde (1951)
The Raging Tide (1951)
Steel Town (1952)
The Battle at Apache Pass (1952)
Back at the Front (1952)
Against All Flags (1952)
The Lone Hand (1953)
The Veils of Bagdad (1953)
War Arrow (1953)
Border River (1954)
Johnny Dark (1954)
Dawn at Socorro (1954)
Chief Crazy Horse (1955)
Count Three and Pray (1955)
The Treasure of Pancho Villa (1955)
Reprisal! (1956)
Comanche (1956)
The Last of the Fast Guns (1958)
Ten Days to Tulara (1958)
The Son of Robin Hood (1959)
Hell Bent for Leather (1960)
The Enemy General (1960)
None but the Brave (1960)
The Wizard of Baghdad (1960)
The Fiercest Heart (1961)
Panic Button (1964)
Smoky (1966)
Big Jake (1971)

v t e 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