The Three Mesquiteers Collection

The 51 Republic Three Mesquiteers Films

51 movies 1936 – 1943 48h 2m total

Movies in this collection

Hit the Saddle
Hit the Saddle

Hit the Saddle

1937 58m Dir. Mack V. Wright

Unable to legally capture and sell a herd of protected wild horses, corrupt rancher Rance Macgowan uses his trained killer horse, Volcano, to substitute for the real leader of the herd and cause havoc and death among the ranches. With the government about to drop the restrictions on rounding up the herd, the Three Mesquiteers find themselves in ...

Gunsmoke Ranch
Gunsmoke Ranch

Gunsmoke Ranch

1937 56m Dir. Joseph Kane

A crooked real estate manipulator sells worthless land on mortgage to flood refugees, then tries to profit by reselling the land to the state, committing murder in the process, as the Three Mesquiteers work to bring him and his gang to justice.

Come on, Cowboys
Come on, Cowboys

Come on, Cowboys

1937 58m Dir. Joseph Kane

Harris and Rigby own a circus. Rigby is a counterfeiter and frames his partner.

Heart of the Rockies
Heart of the Rockies

Heart of the Rockies

1937 1h 7m Dir. Joseph Kane

Cattle are being routinely stolen from a local ranch, and suspicion centers on a local mountain family. But the Three Mesquiteers are wise to the criminals' deeds.

The Trigger Trio
The Trigger Trio

The Trigger Trio

1937 55m Dir. William Witney

In this western, the Three Mesquiteers must find a killer and his band after they murder an official from the State Agricultural Service who had come to investigate an outbreak of hoof and mouth disease. The killer is fearful that the official would quarantine his entire herd.

Call the Mesquiteers
Call the Mesquiteers

Call the Mesquiteers

1938 53m Dir. John English

The Three Mesquiteers are forced to track down a train robbery ring after some of the gang hijack their truck for a getaway and the police conclude they are part of the gang, an identification which is just fine with the gang's nameless chief.

Riders of the Black Hills
Riders of the Black Hills

Riders of the Black Hills is a 1938 American Western directed by George Sherman. The intrepid cowboys known as the Three Mesquiteers; Stony (Robert Livingston), Tucson (Ray Corrigan) and Lullaby (Max Terhune) are on the case when rancher Peg Garth's (Maude Eburne) prize racehorse is abducted by bookie Rod Stevens (Tom London) and a secret cohort...

Heroes of the Hills
Heroes of the Hills

Heroes of the Hills

1938 56m Dir. George Sherman

In this entry in the long-running series of westerns, the Three Mesquiteers transform their ranch into a prison farm to provide a model for prison reform. They are opposed by a local contractor who wants to build a standard prison.

Santa Fe Stampede
Santa Fe Stampede

Santa Fe Stampede

1938 55m Dir. George Sherman

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.

Red River Range
Red River Range

Red River Range

1938 56m Dir. George Sherman

The Cattlemen's Association has called in the Mesquiteers to find cattle rustlers. They get Tex Riley to pose as Stony so Stony can arrive posing as a wanted outlaw.

Three Texas Steers
Three Texas Steers

Three Texas Steers

1939 56m Dir. George Sherman

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.

New Frontier
New Frontier

New Frontier

1939 57m Dir. George Sherman

The Three Mesquiteers convince a group of settlers to exchange their present property for some which, unbeknownst to our goodguys, is going to be worthless. They are captured before they can warn the ranchers.

Cowboys from Texas
Cowboys from Texas

Cowboys from Texas

1939 55m Dir. George Sherman

Cowboys from Texas is a 1939 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by George Sherman.Texas has opened up land for homesteaders. Clay Allison wants their land and has his men led by Plummer try to start a range war between them and the ranchers.

Covered Wagon Days
Covered Wagon Days

Covered Wagon Days

1940 56m Dir. George Sherman

Stony Brooke, Rusty Joslin and Rico, the Three Mesquiteers, are returning from Mexico and are stopped at the border by Army officials, who are attempting to apprehend smugglers who are buying cheap silver in Mexico and smuggling it into the States, where they can take advantage of a silver stabilizing measure and sell it at a high price.

Rocky Mountain Rangers
Rocky Mountain Rangers

Rocky Mountain Rangers

1940 58m Dir. George Sherman

Frustrated by their inability to take action against a murderous gang who killed a young boy, Texas Rangers Stony Brooke (Robert Livingston), Rusty Joslin (Raymond Hatton) and Rico Rinaldo (Duncan Renaldo) hatch a plan: Stony poses as an outlaw dubbed The Laredo Kid to lure the bad guys into Texas. But the plan might fall apart when the real Lar...

Oklahoma Renegades
Oklahoma Renegades

Oklahoma Renegades

1940 57m Dir. Nate Watt

Stony Brooke, Rusty Joslin and Rico, known as The Three Mesquiteers, return to Oklahoma at the close of the Spanish-American War, and are concerned that some of their wounded buddies have no prospects for a satisfactory future. When the government offers preferred homesteads in the newly-opened Oklahoma territory to war veterans, they send word ...

Under Texas Skies
Under Texas Skies

Under Texas Skies

1940 57m Dir. George Sherman

The story opens as Stony returns to his home town, only to discover that his sheriff father has been murdered by person or persons unknown. The new sheriff (Henry Brandon) resents the arrival of the Mesquiteers, going so far as to frame Tucson on a murder charge.

Heroes of the Saddle
Heroes of the Saddle

Heroes of the Saddle

1940 56m Dir. William Witney

A fast-paced, enjoyable entry in the long-running Three Mesqueteers Western series, Heroes of the Saddle featured the three cowboy pals promising to look after Peggy Bell, the little daughter of mortally wounded rodeo champ Montana. Legal technicalities, however, halt the adoption proceeding and Stony, Rusty, and Rico can only watch as the littl...

Lone Star Raiders
Lone Star Raiders

Lone Star Raiders

1940 57m Dir. George Sherman

Yet another fast-paced western featuring the "Three Mesqueteers," pulp writer William Colt McDonald's trio of sagebrush heroes, Lone Star Raiders finds Stony Brooke (Robert Livingston), Tucson Smith (Bob Steele) and Lullaby Joslin (Rufe Davis) defending elderly rancher "Granny" Phelps (Sarah Padden) from greedy neighbor Henry Martin (George Doug...

Prairie Pioneers
Prairie Pioneers

Prairie Pioneers

1941 58m Dir. Lester Orlebeck

It is 1853 and settlers are pouring into California which means trouble for the old Spanish landowners. The El Dorado Mine Co. wants the land of Don Ortega for the minerals and is using the settlers and his friend Don Carlos to take the land over.

Pals of the Pecos
Pals of the Pecos

Pals of the Pecos

1941 56m Dir. Lester Orlebeck

Dan Burke is after a mail contract and Stevens through his henchman Keno is out to stop him. When Burke's son Larry brings the payroll he is murdered and the Three Mesquiteers blamed.

Saddlemates
Saddlemates

Saddlemates

1941 56m Dir. Lester Orlebeck

The Three Mesquiteers, as army scouts, soothe hostilities between the Army and Indians after both have been riled by someone with a hidden agenda - a renegade chief, who is found to be masquerading as an Army interpreter.

Gangs of Sonora
Gangs of Sonora

Gangs of Sonora

1941 56m Dir. John English

Commissioner Tredwell is the law of the land and he gets whatever he wants with the help of hired guns and lackey lawyer Conners. The only one who publicly stands up to Tredwell is Beecham of the Clarion.

Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail

The Cherokee Strip is off limits to the Rangers, so that is where badman Lemar operates from. When the Rangers capture his brother and the jury sentences him to hang, Lemar starts killing the jurists.

Gauchos of El Dorado
Gauchos of El Dorado

Gauchos of El Dorado

1941 56m Dir. Lester Orlebeck

It's "The Three Mesquiteers" again. Gaucho escapes from Braden's gang only to be shot by them.

West of Cimarron
West of Cimarron

West of Cimarron

1941 56m Dir. Lester Orlebeck

The Mesquiteers return to Texas after the Civil War to find Army carpetbaggers fighting the local bushwackers. They quickly learn that Capt.

Code of the Outlaw
Code of the Outlaw

Code of the Outlaw

1942 57m Dir. John English

After a payroll robbery the Mesquiteers catch up with the gang. But the members escape, the gang leader is killed, and they end up with only the leaders young son who is quickly sent to a work farm.

Raiders of the Range
Raiders of the Range

Raiders of the Range

1942 54m Dir. John English

Daggett is out to stop the completion of an oil well. He cheats Foster at poker and then forces him to delay the drilling.

Westward Ho!
Westward Ho!

Westward Ho!

1942 56m Dir. John English

The all-purpose title Westward Ho was applied in 1942 to this "Three Mesquiteers" western. This time, the Mesquiteers are Tucson Smith, Stony Brooke and Lullaby Joslin, here played respectively by Bob Steele, Tom Tyler and Rufe Davis.

The Phantom Plainsmen
The Phantom Plainsmen

The Phantom Plainsmen

1942 56m Dir. John English

In 1937 the life in out West has not changed much. The boys are working at the Wyoming ranch of Captain Marvin herding horses which he sells to Kurt Redman.

Shadows on the Sage
Shadows on the Sage

Shadows on the Sage

1942 55m Dir. Lester Orlebeck

Shadows on the Sage is a 1942 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by Lester Orlebeck. The Three Mesquiteers, Tucson, Stony, and Lullaby arrive to help Sheriff Lippy fight the outlaws.

Valley of Hunted Men
Valley of Hunted Men

Valley of Hunted Men

1942 1h Dir. John English

Fugitive Nazis threaten to take over the Wyoming range in this Three Mesqueteers outing, which also warns about the danger of blithely assuming that every German-American is a fifth columnist. Which is exactly what rancher Clem Parker (Hal Price) does when learning that a couple of escaped Axis war criminals may be heading towards the local valley.

The Blocked Trail
The Blocked Trail

The Blocked Trail

1943 55m Dir. Elmer Clifton

A horse called Brilliant is the only one who knows the location of a gold mine. When Brilliant's owner is killed, the trio known as the Three Mesquiteers (Bob Steele, Tom Tyler and Jimmie Dodd) are mistakenly arrested for the murder.

Santa Fe Scouts
Santa Fe Scouts

Santa Fe Scouts

1943 55m Dir. Howard Bretherton

This late entry in Republic's long-running "Three Mesquiteers" series stars Bob Steele, Tom Tyler and Jimmy Dodd as, respectively, Tucson Smith, Stony Brooke and Lullaby Johnson. This time out, the Mesquiteers try to help young Tim Clay (John James), who's been framed for murder by villains who want to gain possession of Clay's ranch property.