RIDERS OF WHISTLING SKULL-1937-In this
strange western 3 cow pokes Stoney Brook (Robert Livingston), Tucson
Smith (Ray “Crash” Corrigan) and Lullaby Joslin (Max Terhune)
known collectively as "The Three Mesquiteers" help Betty
Marsh (Mary Russell) locate her missing archaeologist father (John
Van Pelt) who's disappeared while investigating a secret cave and a
lost Indian tribe. After several battles with hostile Indians the
group finds professor Marsh being held prisoner in the cave because
he won't spill the beans about a hidden treasure to a half breed
named Rutledge (Roger Williams). In the cave they seem to encounter a
living mummy. Before Smith is "sacrificed" he's saved by
his buddies who also cause an avalanche that destroys the bad guys.
Lullaby also has dummy named Elmer. With all the talk about
hieroglyphics, maps, lost tribes, it seems more like a forerunner of
the much later JJ series than a western!
This weird western was
directed by Mack Wright who'd made THE SINGING COWBOY with Gene Autry
and the bizarre serial ROBINSON CRUSOE OF CLIPPER ISLAND. He did more
work as assistant or second unit director and was also an actor.
Thanks for reading!
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