Heroes of the Hills

Aug 1, 1938

0h 56m

★ 6.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Republic Pictures

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Cast

Stony Brooke

Robert Livingston

Tucson Smith

Ray Corrigan

Lullaby Joslin

Max Terhune

Madeline Reynolds

Priscilla Lawson

Red

LeRoy Mason

The Kid

James Eagles

Robert Beaton

Roy Barcroft

Beaton's Cohort

Barry Hays

Connors

Carleton Young

Sheriff

Forrest Taylor

Board Chairman (as John Wade)

John P. Wade

Convict

Maston Williams

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.

0.0

The Kansas Terrors

Oct 5, 1939

In Kansas Terrors, Stoney and his saddle pal Rusty take a job delivering horses to a flyspeck Caribbean island. Here they join forces with Rico to topple the regime of a despotic commandante.

5.0

Under Texas Skies

Sep 29, 1940

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.

0.0

Lone Star Raiders

Dec 23, 1940

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 Douglas).

3.0

Westward Ho

Apr 24, 1942

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. Our heroes converge on a small town to solve a series of mysterious bank robberies.

0.0

Valley of Hunted Men

Nov 13, 1942

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.

6.0

Thundering Trails

Jan 25, 1943

In this western, the Three Mesquiteers team up with a Texas Ranger to round up the outlaws who forced the ranger's younger brother into becoming a criminal.

5.5

The Night Riders

Apr 12, 1939

Talbot uses a phony land grant to rule thirteen million acres, taxing everyone heavily and evicting those who won't pay. The Three Mesquiteers becomes mysterious "night riders" to fight this evil.

5.2

Pals of the Saddle

Aug 28, 1938

The first of eight "Three Mesquiteers" Westerns to star John Wayne.

0.0

Rocky Mountain Rangers

May 24, 1940

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 Laredo Kid arrives on the scene in this action-packed Western.

0.0

Pals of the Pecos

Apr 7, 1941

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. Young Tim Burke breaks them out of jail and they start the timed mail run to obtain the contract. But Keno and his men plan to stop them by using dynamite to make a road block.

5.0

Roarin' Lead

Dec 9, 1936

The Three Mesquiteers fight cattle rustlers.