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Overland Stage Raiders

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The Oro Grande Mining Company has a policy of shipping gold on buses, which have proven disastrously vulnerable to thieves. In order to protect the gold from falling into the wrong hands, the Three Mesquiteers -- Stony Brooke (John Wayne), Tucson Smith (Ray Corrigan) and Lullaby Joslin (Max Terhune) -- convince the company to ship the gold on a plane they have recently purchased. The thieves, however, refuse to be outsmarted, and take to the air to do battle with the Three Mesquiteers.
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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 05/05/2021
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This Mesquiteer western looks like all the others except for the airplanes. Go to Full Review Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid 10/10/2012
This is a movie only for John Wayne completists and Louise Brooks completists, and if you're both at the same time, it's a great day for you. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Bill T @RT25564867 03/08/2023 A fun John Wayne Mesquiteers movie. The Mesquiteers get involved in a airline service that will service towns transporting money when the bus service keeps getting held up. Here's a secret, the boss of the bus company is in on the hold ups! So he doesnt want anything to do with the planes, and so the bus people try everything in their power to sabotage those magnificent men in their flying machines. Quite a unique script for sure! Entertaining for an hour. See more 11/20/2020 I originally purchased the Blu-ray only to look at Louise Brooks, quite surprised, this is a good movie. Interesting to see John Wayne so young. Louise Brooks is an excellent actress in this film. Sadly, no one burned bridges better than Louise Brooks did. Excellent movie. Happy to have those in my 3000 DVD/Blu-ray collection. See more 01/01/2019 Not really interested but obliged to give it a look. Generously awarding half a Star. See more 08/26/2014 Overland Stage Raiders marks the convergence of two great performers, one on her way out of film, the other about to begin the most successful run in film history--The Flying Mesquiteers!! See more 03/11/2009 Outstanding movie John Wayne is my family favorite actor See more Read all reviews
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George Sherman

Director

John Wayne

Stony Brooke

Ray Corrigan

Tucson Smith

Max Terhune

Lullaby Joslin

Louise Brooks

Beth Hoyt

Anthony Marsh

Ned Hoyt
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Synopsis The Oro Grande Mining Company has a policy of shipping gold on buses, which have proven disastrously vulnerable to thieves. In order to protect the gold from falling into the wrong hands, the Three Mesquiteers -- Stony Brooke (John Wayne), Tucson Smith (Ray Corrigan) and Lullaby Joslin (Max Terhune) -- convince the company to ship the gold on a plane they have recently purchased. The thieves, however, refuse to be outsmarted, and take to the air to do battle with the Three Mesquiteers.
Director
George Sherman
Screenwriter
Bernard McConville, Edmond Kelso, Luci Ward
Distributor
Republic Pictures
Production Co
Republic Pictures (I)
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 20, 1938, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 8, 2018
Runtime
55m
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