Santa Fe Stampede (1938)

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  • SANTA FE STAMPEDE


    DIRECTED BY GEORGE SHERMAN
    PRODUCED BY WILLIAM A. BERKE
    REPUBLIC PICTURES



    Photo with the courtesy of lasbugas


    INFORMATION FROM IMDb


    Plot Summary
    The Mesquiteers capture a horse thief who escapes justice through a crooked judge.
    They gather signatures urging the governor to investigate but a friend
    with the petition is murdered.
    Stony is accused.
    Summary written by Ed Stephan


    Full Cast
    John Wayne .... Stony Brooke
    Ray Corrigan .... Tucson Smith
    Max Terhune .... Lullaby Joslin
    June Martel .... Nancy Carson
    William Farnum .... Dave Carson
    LeRoy Mason .... Mayor Gil Byron
    Martin Spellman .... Billy Carson
    Genee Hall .... Julie Jane Carson
    Walter Wills .... Lawyer Harris
    Ferris Taylor .... Judge Henry J. Hixon
    Tom London .... Marshal Jim Wood
    Dick Rush .... Sheriff Tom
    James Cassidy .... Jed Newton (as John F. Cassidy)
    Richard Alexander .... Henchman Joe Moffit (uncredited)
    Griff Barnett .... Henry Jones, Townsman (uncredited)
    Yakima Canutt .... Ben Carey (uncredited)
    Horace B. Carpenter .... Townsman (uncredited)
    George Chesebro .... Henchman (uncredited)
    Jim Corey .... Townsman (uncredited)
    Curley Dresden .... Trial Witness (uncredited)
    Tex Driscoll .... Townsman (uncredited)
    John Elliott .... Townsman (uncredited)
    Jerry Frank .... Tex, Byron's Henchman (uncredited)
    Chick Hannon .... Spectator (uncredited)
    Charles King .... Henchman Ben (uncredited)
    Duke R. Lee .... Townsman (uncredited)
    Murdock MacQuarrie .... Townsman (uncredited)
    Bud McClure .... Townsman (uncredited)
    Nelson McDowell .... John Franklin (uncredited)
    Robert Milasch .... Miner (uncredited)
    George Morrell .... Timothy (uncredited)
    Charles Murphy .... Rancher (uncredited)
    Bud Osborne .... Henchman Mac (uncredited)
    Sarah Padden .... Mrs. Jed Newton (uncredited)
    Fred Parker .... Townsman (uncredited)
    Cliff Parkinson .... Henchman (uncredited)
    Ralph Peters .... Merchant (uncredited)
    Tex Phelps .... Townsman (uncredited)
    Russ Powell .... Townsman (uncredited)
    George Sowards .... Townsman (uncredited)
    Blackjack Ward .... Henchman (uncredited)
    Bill Wolfe .... Townsman (uncredited)
    Bob Woodward .... Henchman (uncredited)


    Writing Credits
    Betty Burbridge screenplay
    William Colt MacDonald characters
    Luci Ward story and screenplay


    Original Music
    William Lava


    Cinematography
    Reggie Lanning


    Stunts
    Yakima Canutt .... stunts (uncredited)
    George Montgomery .... stunts (uncredited)
    Bob Woodward .... stunts (uncredited)


    Trivia
    According to the American Movie Channel, this was the first Hollywood film where the villain murders a child.


    Frank S. Nugent of The New York Times wrote that the Three Mesquiteers'
    success was "probably due to the fact that nobody has thought of ambushing them with a Flit gun".


    Memorable Quotes


    Filming Locations
    Brandeis Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
    Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA


    Watch the Movie


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    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 12 times, last by ethanedwards ().

  • Santa Fe Stampede is a 1938 "Three Mesquiteers" Western film
    starring John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, and Max Terhune.
    Wayne played the lead in eight of the fifty-one films in the popular series.
    The director was George Sherman.
    After his unhappy spell, with the 6 picture deal with Universal,
    things changed for the better.


    A series of 'B' Westerns, was being updated, with Duke
    being invited into the role of Stony Brooke, recently vacated by
    by Bob Livingston.
    The Three Mesquiteers
    was a popular series for Republic , and Duke's winning personality,
    soon worked in, with the established characters, Ray Corrigan, as Tuscon Smith,
    Max Terhune as Lullaby Johnson, and Terhune's dummy, Elmer.


    Duke made 8 of these and this was his third.
    Although, it is said, he found them to be dreary, and a drudgery.


    I can remember seeing them, on the Saturday morning matinees,
    with all the kids, yelling, booing and hissing, at every other interval.
    I remember Elmer, with great fondness, oh and yes Duke of course.
    What an improvement he was, in these, and the Duke we now ,know and love,
    was at least shining through.

    Quote

    They were horrible montrosities


    he told writer Maurice Zolotow.


    However, what Duke didn't realise, is that they had exposed him,
    to a much bigger audience, including 'A' pictures, audiences.


    They may have been a drudgery, but within months,
    the big bang, was there Stagecoach


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    User Review

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 7 times, last by ethanedwards ().

  • The first two posters here are the same poster, with brighter coloring on one. The third one (like Keith's in the introductory post) is from the 1953 re-issue series.

  • This month's Duke Monthly Movie Watch (DMMW) is: Santa Fe Stampede (1938)


    How it works: Here is the basics, each month on the first of each month we'll post a new Duke Wayne movie in this forum for all of us to watch. The hope is that you'll have a chance to sit down and watch the chosen movie within the first week or two of the month and share your thoughts, or insights of that movie here in this thread. I'm hoping that doing this will generate greater appreciation for the movie of the month.


    I realize that many of the movies will not be available online to watch via the forum, so many of the movies will have to be watched either by DVD that you already own OR you can choose to rent the movie online from Amazon streaming service or some other online movie streaming service.



    Santa Fe Stampede is embedded below from YouTube so you should be able to watch it from this thread. If not let us know.


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  • I watched this last week, and then forgot to write about it! It's a fun little B-Western, and not much else can be said about it!


    I'm not a big fan of Duke's "Three Mesquiteers" movies, but this one isn't bad! It has a more serious tone than the other movies of the series that Duke starred in, including a brutal double murder you don't often see in an old B Western!


    There was action and suspense and the good guys won at the end; everything you'd expect from this kind of movie!


    The climax was a little lame; as bad as the bad guy was (and Leroy Mason was good at playing bad guys), I wanted to see a tougher, more prolonged beating! This was a quick slugfest and then it was over!


    The worst part about these Mesquiteers movies is (in my opinion), Dukes worst comic sidekick, Max Turhune as Lullaby and his ventriloquist dummy, Lester! No self-respecting cowboy rides the range with a doll! And if so, his sidekicks at one time would have gotten so annoyed by this, that Lester would have ended up as kindling for the campfire!


    So, to sum it up; fun, nothing special, something good for a movie night double feature if you follow it up with something better!