04 Jan 1937
The Riders of the Whistling Skull
When Professor Marsh disappears while searching for the lost city of Lukachukai, his daughter enlists the help of the Three Mesquiteers.
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!
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?
Top Billed 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
Ted Adams Henchman Steve
Stanley Blystone Henchman Rankin
Ethan Laidlaw Henchman Morgan
Lew Kelly Postman
Bob Burns Man Exiting Sheriff's Office
Elmer Elmer - Lullaby's Dummy
Ted Mapes Henchman
John Merton Mike Abbott
Dirk Thane Henchman
Dave Willock Hotel Desk Clerk
Jack Kirk Townsman
David Sharpe Tony
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