Lone Star Raiders(1940)
CHAMPIONS OF JUSTICE!...the Mesquiteers...three pals of the plains always on the trail of trouble!
Yet another fast-paced western featuring the "Three Mesqueteers," pulp writer William Colt McDonald's trio of sagebrush heroes, Lone Star Raiders finds Stony Brooke (Robert Livingston), Tucson Smith (Bob Steele) and Lullaby Joslin (Rufe Davis) defending elderly rancher "Granny" Phelps (Sarah Padden) from greedy neighbor Henry Martin (George Douglas).
Movie: Lone Star Raiders
Top 6 Billed Cast
Stony Brooke
Tucson Smith
Lullaby Joslin
Linda Cameron
Henry Martin
Lydia 'Granny' Phelps
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