The best Max Terhune’s action movies

Max Terhune

Max Terhune

12/02/1891- 05/06/1973
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Gunsmoke Ranch

Gunsmoke Ranch
5.5/10
A crooked real estate manipulator sells worthless land on mortgage to flood refugees, then tries to profit by reselling the land to the state, committing murder in the process, as the Three Mesquiteers work to bring him and his gang to justice.

Ride, Ranger, Ride

Ride, Ranger, Ride
4.9/10
It is the story of Gene's, a Cavalry scout, who manages to quell an Indian uprising.

Boots and Saddles

Boots and Saddles
5.6/10
Young Englishman inherits ranch which he wants to sell, but Gene's gonna turn him into a real westerner instead. When new owner Spud arrives from England, Autry convinces him not to sell the ranch but to raise horses for the Army. When both Autry's and Neale's bids are the same, the Colonel calls for a race to decide the winner. But that night Neale has Autry's stable burned.

Range Defenders

Range Defenders
5.8/10
Stony's brother George has been accused of murder and the Mesquiteers have returned to prove his innocence. But they find that Harvey rules the town along with his stooge Sheriff Gray and that George won't get a fair trial.

Arizona Stage Coach

Arizona Stage Coach
4.9/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 04/09/1942
  • Character: Alibi Terhune
In the midst of some friendly horseplay on their "Flying R" ranch, the Range Busters, Crash Corrigan, Dusty King and Alibi Terhune, are sobered by the arrival of a buckboard bearing their old friend Larry Meadows and his niece Dorrie Willard. Meadows seeks their aid against a gang of outlaws terrorizing his town. Ernie Willard, Dorrie's brother, has been taken in by Tex Laughlin who is using the Willard ranch as an undercover for his real occupation as a member of a gang of outlaws led by Tim Douglas, a supposed friend of the Willards.

Harmony Trail

Harmony Trail
6.7/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 01/12/1944
  • Character: Marshal Max
Sent to investigate a payroll robbery, Marshall Rocky meets his old friends Ken, Eddie, and Max. He has the serial numbers and when Pop puts on his medicine show they get one of the bills. This enables Ken to see through Sorrell's scheme that threw the blame on an innocent rancher and he sets out to prove it. Written by Maurice Van Auken

Call The Mesquiteers

Call The Mesquiteers
5.8/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 07/03/1938
  • Character: 'Lullaby' Joslin
In this episode of the western series, the Mesquitters try to stop a ring of silk thieves while dealing with a shady medicine show man and his kids. One of his offspring is a beautiful young woman. The Mesquiteers must hurry to find the thieves as they too are suspects.

Riders of the Whistling Skull

Riders of the Whistling Skull
5.8/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 04/01/1937
  • Character: Lullaby Joslin, Mesquiteer
After Professor Marsh disappears whilst searching for the lost city of Lukachukai, the Three Mesquiteers lead an expedition to find him.

The Big Show

The Big Show
5.7/10
At the Texas Centennial in Dallas Autry confuses two girls by being himself and his own stunt double. When cowboy star Tom Ford disappears, Wilson gets his double Gene Autry to impersonate him. But Ford owes gangster Rico $10,000 and Rico arrives to collect. He fails to get the money but learns that Autry is an impersonator and now blackmails Wilson and his movie studio. Original version runs 71 minutes, edited version runs 59 minutes.

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