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.
Valley of Hunted Men
The Three Mesquiteers ride herd on range saboteurs!
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.
Top Billed Cast
Bob Steele Tucson Smith
Tom Tyler Stony Brooke
Jimmie Dodd Lullaby Joslin
Edward Van Sloan Dr. Heinrich Steiner
Roland Varno Nazi posing as Paul Schiller
Marianne Stewart Laura Steiner
Edythe Elliott Elisabeth Schiller
Arno Frey Counsel Von Breckner
Richard K. French Franz Toller (as Richard French)
Robert R. Stephenson Kruger (as Robert Stevenson)
George N. Neise Paul Schiller (as George Neise)
James Mitchell Posse Member (uncredited)
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