Pals of the Saddle (1938)

INFORMATION FROM IMDb

Plot Summary
Returning a lost item to Ann, Stony arrives just two men shoot each other.
Ann is a Government Agent and she gets Stony to replace her now dead partner.
An important chemical is being smuggled out of the country and she sends
Stony to the storage facility posing as the foreign Agent.
He fools the guards but the boss arrives to expose the hoax
and Stony is made a prisoner.
Written by Maurice VanAuken

Full Cast
John Wayne ... Stony Brooke
Ray Corrigan ... Tucson Smith
Max Terhune ... Lullaby Joslin
Doreen McKay ... Ann aka Mirandy, Secret Service Agent
Joseph Forte ... Judge Hastings (as Josef Forte)
George Douglas ... Paul Hartman (Foreign Agent)
Frank Milan ... Frank, Secret Service Agent
Ted Adams ... Henry C. Gordon (Smuggler)
Harry Depp ... Hotel Desk Clerk
Dave Weber ... Russian Musician
Don Orlando ... Italian Musician
Charles Knight ... English Musician
Jack Kirk ... Sheriff Johnson
John Beach ... Henchman (uncredited)
Bob Burns ... Coroner (uncredited)
Yakima Canutt ... Henchman (uncredited)
Art Dillard ... Henchman at Acme Salt Refinery (uncredited)
Curley Dresden ... Henchman at Acme Salt Refinery (uncredited)
Elmer ... Elmer, Lullaby's Dummy (uncredited)
Olin Francis ... Henchman (uncredited)
Otto Hoffman ... Townsman (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp ... Townsman (uncredited)
Philip Kieffer ... Army Officer (uncredited)
Monte Montague ... Henchman at Acme Salt Refinery (uncredited)
George Montgomery ... Rider (uncredited)
Herman Nowlin ... Henchman (uncredited)
Tex Palmer ... Henchman at Acme Salt Refinery (uncredited)
George Plues ... Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Bill Yrigoyen ... Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Joe Yrigoyen ... Wagon Driver (uncredited)

Writing Credits
Stanley Roberts (original screenplay) &
Betty Burbridge (original screenplay)

Original Music
Daniel E. Kelly (song "Home on the Range") (uncredited )

Stunts
Yakima Canutt .... stunts (uncredited)
Tommy Coats .... stunts (uncredited)
George Montgomery .... stunts (uncredited)
Nellie Walker .... stunts (uncredited)
Bill Yrigoyen .... stunts (uncredited)
Joe Yrigoyen .... stunts (uncredited)

Trivia
Unknown

Goofs
Unknown

Filming Locations
Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA
Red Rock Canyon State Park, Cantil, California, USA

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Pals of the Saddle is a 1938 "Three Mesquiteers" Western film
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

After his unhappy spell, with the 6 picture deal with Universal,
things changed for the better.

Pals_of_the_Saddle_lobby_card.jpg

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 first.
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

User Review

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A 'Best of the Best' Wayne Skeeters Outing
11 February 2005 | by Mesquiteer (Cyprus)

If you have any partiality towards B oaters then this is impossible not to like. In fact, it is in my Top 10 for this category of less-than-A sagebrush sagas. Some complain the emphasis in the Wayne Mesquiteer movies was on him and not the group. I think the camaraderie aspect is handled with gusto by director George Sherman right up front in the story and suitably reinforced throughout the plot. Granted, Max Terhune as Lullaby Joslin has too many "I'll look after the horses!" moments but he is not left to get lost. Ray Corrigan as Tucson Smith has wonderful times of camera mugging, a comedic style for which he has never been properly acknowledged. John Wayne, is, well, John Wayne, a presence to be reckoned with. The Duke's "Listen Mr. Big Chest" remark to Corrigan as they duel verbally over the femme interest is a great moment. Undoubtedly unscripted.

This Mesquiteer epic also has more plot, more action and more stunts than most in the series. Hey, and a flag-wavin', patriotic story line that takes you right back to a kinder era. Herbert Yates, the head of Republic Pictures, obviously knew what (who) he had on contract and was actually investing in his product. It shows throughout the picture. The is a big B. And when the Mesquiteers do that triple-tandem leap onto a moving covered wagon, well, you've got all the thrills, all the action and all the spirit of "all for one, one for all" trigger trio cowboy flick any fan could stand

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