Three Texas Steers (1939)

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 ... See full summary »

Director:

George Sherman

Writers:

Betty Burbridge (original screenplay), Stanley Roberts (original screenplay),

Stars:

John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune

Cast

Complete credited cast:
John Wayne	...	Stony Brooke
Ray Corrigan	...	Tucson Smith / Naba - Willie the Gorilla
Max Terhune	...	Lullaby Joslin
Carole Landis	...	Nancy Evans
Ralph Graves	...	George Ward
Roscoe Ates	...	Sheriff Brown (as Rosco Ates)
Collette Lyons	...	Lillian
Billy Curtis	...	Hercules - the Midget
Ted Adams	...	Henchman Steve
Stanley Blystone	...	Henchman Rankin
David Sharpe	...	Tony
Ethan Laidlaw	...	Henchman Morgan
Lew Kelly	...	Postman

Storyline

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?

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Plot Keywords:

circus | swindler | sabotage | land rights | gorilla | 

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Taglines:

A THREE-MAN TEAM SCENTS DOUBLE TROUBLE (original poster-all caps)

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Genres:

Action | Western

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 May 1939 (USA)

Also Known As:

Danger Rides the Range

Filming Locations:

Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Republic Pictures (I)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

56 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA "High Fidelity" Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ray Corrigan not only plays his familiar character of Tucson Smith, second billed of the Three Mesquiteers, but also, billed as 'Naba', plays Willie the Gorilla.

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Quotes

Henchman Steve: Well, this is just great. We wreck the circus to make her sell the ranch and now she's going to live on it.
George Ward: No she's not.
Henchman Steve: Well, what are you going to do?
George Ward: We'll be in Mesquite ahead of the young lady with a reception committee.

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Connections

Followed by Shadows on the Sage (1942)

User Reviews

Saving A Circus

Besides of course John Wayne, two other movie legends got parts in the B western series The Three Mesquiteers. One was Jennifer Jones and the second in this film was Carole Landis. After a whole bunch of bit roles, Carole got the female lead here in Three Texas Steers. Right after that she got signed for her breakthrough role in One Million, BC with a 20th Century Fox contract to boot.

Here Carole is the owner of a circus who all of a sudden runs into a streak of horrible bad luck. Due to a lot of accidents her circus has to fold and she retreats to her ranch. It's a pretty broken down place, but fortunately the one piece of good luck she has is the fact that The Three Mesquiteers own the neighboring ranch.

The boys are a bit oafish in this one and Max Terhune manages to get himself swindled which nearly puts them all down the toilet, both the Mesquiteers and the Landis spread. Of course things work out all right in the end as Carole finds out who's behind her bad luck and why her ranch is so valuable.

Carole Landis had a lot of beauty and a lot of talent in one package. It's interesting to see her at this point in her career, before she went totally platinum blond. Too bad she and the Duke never got to work together again when both were A list stars.