During the long course of the Three Mesquiteer B westerns from Republic, they had many different lineups for the trio. The three in "Call the Mesquiteers" are the most familiar--Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune with his bizarro dummy, Elmer. And, like some of their westerns, it's set in modern times...another strange gimmick they used in Gene Autry and Roy Rogers films.
When the story begins, the Mesquiteers are captured at gunpoint because a gang of killers and thieves had a wreck and need a truck. Oddly, they take the trio along with them and soon the posse arrives. The baddies are shot and the Mesquiteers are in trouble...because the posse wants to just hang them there! They don't exactly like this idea and soon Stony takes the Sheriff's gun and the trio escape. Can they manage to prove their innocence?
In addition to trucks, the robbers are apparently stealing silk...highly in demand because of the war in the Far East between China and Japan! Again, they don't seem to wind how modern the film is. So why, then do the boys mostly ride around on horses???
Aside from Lullaby (Terhune) actually being very helpful for a change, this is a pretty typical Mequiteer film. Nothing really special...just a lot of the same.
When the story begins, the Mesquiteers are captured at gunpoint because a gang of killers and thieves had a wreck and need a truck. Oddly, they take the trio along with them and soon the posse arrives. The baddies are shot and the Mesquiteers are in trouble...because the posse wants to just hang them there! They don't exactly like this idea and soon Stony takes the Sheriff's gun and the trio escape. Can they manage to prove their innocence?
In addition to trucks, the robbers are apparently stealing silk...highly in demand because of the war in the Far East between China and Japan! Again, they don't seem to wind how modern the film is. So why, then do the boys mostly ride around on horses???
Aside from Lullaby (Terhune) actually being very helpful for a change, this is a pretty typical Mequiteer film. Nothing really special...just a lot of the same.