The Night Riders is a 1939 American "Three Mesquiteers" Western film starring John Wayne, Ray "Crash" Corrigan, and Max Terhune. Wayne played the lead in eight of the fifty-one Three Mesquiteer films. The director was George Sherman. The villain of the film was based on a real-life character in the Old West, James Reavis, who was also known as The Baron of Arizona.
Plot summary
Cast
John Wayne as Stony Brooke
Ray Corrigan as Tucson Smith
Max Terhune as Lullaby Joslin
Elmer as Elmer (Lullaby Joslin's Ventriloquist Dummy) (uncredited) Doreen McKay as Soledad Ruth Rogers as Susan Randall George Douglas as Talbot Pierce, aka Don Luis de Serrano Tom Tyler as Henchman Jackson Kermit Maynard as Sheriff Pratt Sammy McKim as Tim Randall Walter Wills as Hazleton (the Forger) Ethan Laidlaw as Henchman Andrews Edward Peil Sr. as Rancher Tom London as Rancher Jack Ingram as Henchman Wilkins Bill Nestell as Brawler Hank Worden as Rancher (uncredited) Horace Murphy as Riverboat Captain Asa Beckett (uncredited) Yakima Canutt as Mob Member at Gate (uncredited) Bob Card as Rancher (uncredited) Allan Cavan as Judge (uncredited) Dick Dickinson as Henchman Rent Collector (uncredited