Wyoming Outlaw (1939)

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Plot Summary
With himself and his father out of work due to Balsinger who controls the jobs,
Will Parker is stealing cattle to feed his family.
The Mesquiteers try to help him out but he is caught and jailed. Escaping jail
and eluding the ensuing manhunt, he heads for Balsinger and a showdown.
Summary written by Maurice VanAuken

Full Cast
John Wayne .... Stony Brooke
Ray Corrigan .... Tucson Smith
Raymond Hatton .... Rusty Joslin
Don 'Red' Barry .... Will Parker (as Donald Barry)
Pamela Blake .... Irene Parker (as Adele Pearce)
LeRoy Mason .... Joe Balsinger
Charles Middleton .... Luke Parker
Katherine Kenworthy .... Mrs. Parker
Elmo Lincoln .... U.S. Marshal Gregg
Jack Ingram .... Sheriff Nolan
David Sharpe .... Newt (counterman)
Jack Kenny .... Amos
Yakima Canutt .... Henchman Ed Sims
John Beach .... Henchman (uncredited)
Bob Burns .... Rancher (uncredited)
Budd Buster .... Bank Teller (uncredited)
Allan Cavan .... Senator Roberts (uncredited)
Tommy Coats .... Cowhand (uncredited)
George DeNormand .... Henchman (uncredited)
Curley Dresden .... Henchman Curley (uncredited)
Jack Kirk .... Posse Rider (uncredited)
Frankie Marvin .... Cowhand (uncredited)
Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart .... Park Ranger (uncredited)
Dave O'Brien .... Park Warden (uncredited)
Ed Payson .... Townsman (uncredited)
Ralph Peters .... Man reading newspaper to Newt (uncredited)
Jack Rockwell .... Rancher (uncredited)
Al Taylor .... Posse Rider (uncredited)

Writing Credits
Betty Burbridge story and screenplay
William Colt MacDonald characters
Jack Natteford story and screenplay

Original Music
William Lava

Cinematography
Reggie Lanning

Filming Locations
Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA
Lancaster, California, USA

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Wyoming Outlaw

Wyoming Outlaw is a 1939 "Three Mesquiteers" Western film
starring John Wayne, Ray Corrigan, and Raymond Hatton.
Wayne played the lead in eight of the fifty-one films in the 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,
Ray Hatton as Rusty Joslin.
Max Terhune as Lullaby Johnson, and Terhune's dummy, Elmer.

Raymond Hatton had now signed on as Rusty Joslin.
Don 'Red' Barry plays a ranchers son, who turns to a life of crime,
with The Three Mesquiteers trying to prevent further criminal activities.
This role made Barry, a box office commodity.

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

Duke responds,

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It still does.It stands for freedom, and fair play

When deciding, on what had to be done,

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Duke expounds,
All the more reason, we gotta fight.The men, who opended up this country, didn't sit around, cryin' for help.
They did somethin'

With dialogue like this,The Three Mesquiteers had to win the day.

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.

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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

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John Wayne
26 February 2008 | by Michael_Elliott (Louisville, KY)

The Three Mesquiteers (w/John Wayne) are trying to save the life of a Robin Hood type (Donald Barry)
who has taken it upon himself to try and bring down a town dictator who is forcing the poor to pay for jobs
and has banned hunting so that they can't eat.
This film in the series is really no better or worse than any other "B" Western
but it does have a strong benefit of featuring a terrific performance by Barry
who easily steals the show. He manages to be a very likable Robin Hood character
and also gets mounds of sympathy due to Barry's performance.
The rest is all pretty much standard stuff but having seen over one hundred Wayne films
I must say his weakest fight is in this film, which includes him fighting a beanpole of a man
who's probably two feet shorter than him.

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