Three Texas Steers

"THEY HIT THE CIRCUS TRAILS IN A FAST-RIDING, ACTION-THRILLER THAT ENDS IN A BLAZE OF GLORY ON THE RACE-TRACK!"

1939 0h 56m EN

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5.0

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5.4

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★5.0TMDB · 13★5.4IMDB · 476

Western

Synopsis

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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. Will her neighbors, the Three Mesquiteers, be a match for the secret swindlers? And what's so valuable about that run-down ranch anyway?

“THEY HIT THE CIRCUS TRAILS IN A FAST-RIDING, ACTION-THRILLER THAT ENDS IN A BLAZE OF GLORY ON THE RACE-TRACK!”

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Cast

John Wayne
Stony Brooke
Ray Corrigan
Tucson Smith / Willie the Gorilla
Max Terhune
Lullaby Joslin
Carole Landis
Nancy Evans
Ralph Graves
George Ward
Roscoe Ates
Sheriff Brown
Collette Lyons
Lillian
Billy Curtis
Hercules - the Midget

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: George Sherman
Writers: Stanley Roberts, Betty Burbridge
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 56-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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87 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Three Mesquiteers Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by George Sherman, shot by Ernest Miller. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by William Lava. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Tony Martinelli shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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John Wayne and Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "THEY HIT THE CIRCUS TRAILS IN A FAST-RIDING, ACTION-THRILLER THAT ENDS IN A BLAZE OF GLORY ON THE RACE-TRACK!".

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The take

George Sherman directs. Ernest Miller behind the camera. William Lava scores. Tony Martinelli cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 56-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
287 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "The Three Mesquiteers Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by George Sherman, shot by Ernest Miller. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by William Lava. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Tony Martinelli shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7John Wayne and Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "THEY HIT THE CIRCUS TRAILS IN A FAST-RIDING, ACTION-THRILLER THAT ENDS IN A BLAZE OF GLORY ON THE RACE-TRACK!".
9IMDB entry: tt0032032 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 13 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Ernest Miller
Original score: William Lava
Editing: Tony Martinelli
Runtime: 56 min · 0h 56m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Three Texas Steers (1939)
IMDB rating: 5.4/10 · 476 votes
MPAA: Approved

Part of

The Three Mesquiteers Collection

The 51 Republic Three Mesquiteers Films

Also by

George Sherman

Community reviews

What people are saying

CinemaSerf2022-06-22
★ 6/10
"The Three Mesquiteers" are quietly going about their business when struggling circus owner "Nancy" (Carol Landis) shows up at their ranch thinking it is her's (she's gone and got the address wrong!). In correcting this error, the boys discover that her partners and a local bigwig are trying to swindle her out of her inheritance by offering a pittance for her late grandfather's ranch! Why do they want to so badly? Might there be gold in them thar' hills (or oil under them)? It's quite a rollicking ride, this film - plenty of chemistry on screen between John Wayne and Landis, and the story has a few fun plot twists that draw his partners in crime Max Terhune ("Lullaby") and Ray Corrigan ("Tuscon") as her disaster almost becomes their's' too! We've even got a gorilla as well - guess who? All good fun.

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