Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Call the Mesquiteers (1938)

Part of the very long running Mesquiteers series of westerns, though as this takes place in the present (well 1930s) day can it be a western or just a crime drama with stetsons?

The Mesquiteers are dragged into a criminal conspiracy when their truck is stopped by some robbers on the run after doing a job. The criminals are killed in a shootout with the Mesquiteers but the police don't know that the Mesquiteers are innocent and now our heroes Ray Corrigan, Robert Livingston and Max Terhune are on the run from the law (who seem keen on doing an instant lynching) and catch the real criminals...

Despite the modern day setting this is a standard Mesquiteer film with the requisite amount of horse riding, fighting and interplay between the trio. Its a reasonable film, not the best in the series but perfectly fine to watch.