Overland Stage Raiders is a 1938 "Three Mesquiteers" Western film[1] starring John Wayne and directed by George Sherman. The film is notable for being the final film in which silent film icon Louise Brooks performed. Wayne played the lead in eight of the fifty-one films in the popular series.
Overland Stage Raiders | |
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Directed by | George Sherman |
Written by | Bernard McConville Edmond Kelso |
Screenplay by | Luci Ward |
Based on | Based on characters by William Colt MacDonald |
Produced by | William A. Berke |
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Cinematography | William Nobles |
Edited by | Tony Martinelli |
Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
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Running time | 55 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
It was filmed on location at Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, and at the now defunct Conejo Valley Airport in Thousand Oaks, California.[2]
After gold shipments from a mining town have been hijacked, the three Mesquiteers buy a plane to transport the gold. However, the owner of the shipping line brings in Eastern gangsters to thwart them. After the pilot makes an unexpected landing, the Mesquiteers search for the plane and its cargo.