Hit the Saddle

Hit the Saddle

Directed by	Mack V. Wright George Blair (assistant)
Produced by	Nat Levine Sol C. Siegel (associate)
Written by	Oliver Drake Maurice Geraghty William Colt MacDonald (novel)
Starring	Bob Livingston Ray "Crash" Corrigan Max Terhune Rita Hayworth J. P. McGowan
Music by	Alberto Colombo
Cinematography	Jack A. Marta
Edited by	Murray Seldeen (supervising) Tony Martinelli
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release dates	March 3, 1937 (1937-03-03)
Running time	57 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Hit the Saddle is a 1937 "Three Mesquiteers" Western B-movie^[1] starring Bob Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, and Rita Hayworth, before she became famous. The film was directed by Mack V. Wright.

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

↑ "The Three Mesquiteers Trio Westerns of Republic Pictures". b-westerns.com. Retrieved 2011-08-29.

External links

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 El Dorado 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

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