Overland Stage Raiders (1938)
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The "Three Mesquiteers"--John Wayne, Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune--find themselves in the modern-day west in Overland Stage Raiders. The "stages" being raided are actually Greyhound buses, bearing gold shipments to the east. Airborne hijackers steal the gold, but the Mesquiteers vanquish the crooks, then parachute to safety. Overland Stage Raiders represents John Wayne's second appearance in Republic's Three Mesquiteers series, but never mind that. The film's leading lady was former silent star and future cult- figure Louise Brooks, the hauntingly beautiful leading lady of G.W. Pabst's Diary of a Lost Girl and Pandora's Box, here making her last film appearance. When asked in later years why she would accept such an unprepossessing project, the no-nonsense Brooks replied that she needed the three hundred dollars. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Cast
John Wayne
as Stony Brooke
as Stony Brooke
Max "Alibi" Terhune
as Lullaby Joslin
as Lullaby Joslin
Louise Brooks
as Beth Hoyt
as Beth Hoyt
Anthony Marsh
as Ned Hoyt
as Ned Hoyt
Ralph Bowman
as Bob Whitney
as Bob Whitney
Gordon Hart
as Mullins
as Mullins
James Roy
as Harmon
as Harmon
Olin Francis
as Jake
as Jake
Fern Emmett
as Ma Hawkins
as Ma Hawkins
Henry Otho
as Sheriff
as Sheriff
George Sherwood
as Clanton
as Clanton
Arch Hall Sr.
as Waddell
as Waddell
Frank LaRue
as Milton
as Milton
Yakima Canutt
as Bus Driver
as Bus Driver
Charles "Slim" Whitaker
as Hawkins
as Hawkins
Jack Kirk
as Henchman
as Henchman
Milton Kibbee
as Airline Passenger
as Airline Passenger
Bud Osborne
as Rancher
as Rancher
Dirk Thane
as Dutch
as Dutch
Edwin Gaffney
as Gat
as Gat
Bud McClure
as Rancher
as Rancher
John Beach
as Henchman
as Henchman
Curley Dresden
as Rancher
as Rancher
George Sherman
as Clinton
as Clinton
Tommy Coats
as Henchman
as Henchman
George Plues
as Henchman
as Henchman
Ray "Crash" Corrigan
as Tucson Smith
as Tucson Smith
Critic Reviews for Overland Stage Raiders
All Critics (2) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (1)
This Mesquiteer western looks like all the others except for the airplanes.
May 5, 2021 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
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.
October 10, 2012 | Full Review…
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