Overland Stage Raiders (1938)

Directed by

George Sherman

Genre

Western film

Country

United States

Runtime

55 min

Rated

NR

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three cowboys team up to stop a criminal gang from stealing an airplane used for shipping gold. John Wayne plays the lead in this 1930s B-movie western.

lightheartedaction-packedclassicfast-pacedearnestunpretentiousstraightforwardold-fashioned

What happens

Overland Stage Raiders is a 1938 "Three Mesquiteers" Western film 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. Production of the film began on August 4, 1938. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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