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12/05/1939 Western 0h 56m
50
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THEY HIT THE CIRCUS TRAILS IN A FAST-RIDING, ACTION-THRILLER THAT ENDS IN A BLAZE OF GLORY ON THE RACE-TRACK!

Overview

Nancy Evans, lovely circus owner, has a ranch that she's never visited, but for sentimental reasons won't sell to Mike Abbott. Her partners, secretly in league with Abbott, sabotage the circus to force Nancy to sell the ranch; instead, she goes there to live. Will her neighbors, the Three Mesquiteers, be a match for the secret swindlers? And what's so valuable about that run-down ranch anyway?

  1. George Sherman

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. John Wayne

    Stony Brooke

  2. Ray Corrigan

    Tucson Smith / Willie the Gorilla

  3. Max Terhune

    Lullaby Joslin

  4. Carole Landis

    Nancy Evans

  5. Ralph Graves

    George Ward

  6. Roscoe Ates

    Sheriff Brown

  7. Collette Lyons

    Lillian

  8. Billy Curtis

    Hercules - the Midget

  9. Ted Adams

    Henchman Steve

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-22
"The Three Mesquiteers" are quietly going about their business when struggling circus owner "Nancy" (Carol Landis) shows up at their ranch thinking it is her's (she's gone and got the address wrong!). In correcting this error, the boys discover that her partners and a local bigwig are trying to swindle her out of her inheritance by offering a pittance for her late grandfather's ranch! Why do they want to so badly? Might there be gold in them thar' hills (or oil under them)? It's quite a rollicking ride, this film - plenty of chemistry on screen between John Wayne and Landis, and the story has ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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