Purely Joyful Movie!

Good start, but then it gets ruined

Good concept, poorly executed.

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

The Three Mesquiteers are at it again in this Alpha Home reprint of the 1934 Ghost Town Gold. Its an ensemble piece for Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, and Max Terhune. This group had made a whole bundle of oat burners in the 1930s and 1940s. If you aren't familiar with Corriganville and its LONG history... check it out online, or in person. It's a beautiful, peaceful Los Angeles park now. The guys see that the bank has been robbed, and try to help the owner. About the same time, "someone" backs out of the big fight about to take place, and "Tucson" decides he'll fill in against Kamatski. All kinds of shenanigans during the fight... the bell keeps going off early, and people shooting tacks at the fighters. Then the lights go out and the're back on horses again, looking for the stolen money. Looks like the fight was just a temporary break. The old coot helps them out with his overly-elaborate trap doors and falling walls, so the money can be recovered and taken back to the bank. Lots of stunt work, since that was Corrigan's specialty. All neatly sewn up in under an hour. A sepia toned back and white. Original story by Bernard McConville, who had written a bunch of John Wayne westerns. Not bad. Its exactly what you expect from a low-key, shortie western from 1936.

The Mesquiteers display a lot of personality, and Tucson Smith in particular displays a lot of his physique, but the script is rather muddled, especially in the big gun battle at the end.Still, it is the Mesquiteers so it is very much worth watching.Not just the boys, but the entire cast is first rate, with the great stunt man Yakima Canutt, to name one, getting credit, but being listed last.Hank Worden, who went on to screen immortality, gets a humorous bit part, uncredited, and other great cowboy players include Earle Hodgins, I. Stanford Jolley, Wally West, Wally Wales, and Edward Peil.The leading lady, Kay Hughes, is a lovely lass I know nothing about, but she has 28 credits here at IMDb.There is one error in the IMDb listing of cast members: Elmer, the puppet, is actually listed in the very opening credits, right alongside Max Terhune. And fortunately, in "Ghost Town Gold" Elmer is not as intrusive as sometimes.I saw this in a rather poor print at YouTube and might have liked it better in a better print. But I liked it and do recommend it.

The Three Mesquiteers find themselves in Ghost Town Gold trying to save the reputation of the mayor and bank president of a small boom town. After the bank is held up during a night robbery Burr Caruth's reputation is on the line. There's a big prize fight being held that night and the bet money is being held by the bank.Speaking of the prize fight Ray Corrigan has to get into the ring as one of the fighters backs out. That makes it real personal for the Mesquiteers.The key to the whole situation is desert rat Milburn Morante who holds up in a nearby ghost town. The bad guys hide the loot, but he finds it. It all makes for a bit more plot than one usually finds in a B western.Best part of the film is the climax race back to town with the stolen money before the bank is supposed to open. I do love some of the tactics employed by the Mesquiteers to slow down the pursuing robbers.I think you'll enjoy it too.

Republic Studio's series "The Three Mesquiteers" was quite popular in the 1930s and 40s. Although the cast OFTEN changed (it even included John Wayne for a while), the team of Ray Corrigan, Robert Livingston and Max Terhune made the most of the 51 movies in the series--and these are the ones also generally available through the public domain. "Ghost-Town Gold" is the second film in the series and the first to include all three of these actors as the Mesquiteers. It is interesting to note that because it's such an early film, Lullaby (Terhune) is a lot more morally suspect than he'd become in later films. More about this later.The film begins with the team bringing in a mess of cattle and getting a huge check for their trouble. Lullaby wants to take the check to the bank himself--mostly because he plans on gambling with the trio's funds. During this odd portion, Lullaby cheats a few card sharks and, in the process, is given his ventriloquist dummy, Elmer (who, unfortunately, you'd see in Terhune's subsequent films in the series).Later, after the evil owner of the bar/casino, Barrington, is ordered out of town, the mug decides to punish the town by robbing the bank. The Mesquiteers decide to help the banker and it appears that despite the robbery, the place will stay open. In addition, Tucson (Corrigan) is volunteered to box in a big match--and during this, Lullaby clearly cheats to help Tucson win the fight. However, just as he knocks out the challenger, Barrington absconds with the money. So, it's up to the trio to catch the jerk and return both the bank's money and the money from the match.So what's the ghost town from the title? Well, a crazy old coot lives there alone--and he manages to find the stolen money! So, now the guy has EVERYONE converge on his ghost town to get the loot--and the old guy has a few amusing tricks up his sleeve! How the movie ends is pretty bizarre--but entertaining.This is a better than average entry into the series. Now this does not mean it's a great film--none of the Mesquiteer films were. But, it's pleasant and undemanding fare--and a bit better than most Gene Autry or Roy Rogers films. Worth a look if you love the genre.