Riders of the Whistling Skull
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Riders of the Whistling Skull is a 1937 "Three Mesquiteers
" Western
B-movie
starring Bob Livingston
, Ray "Crash" Corrigan, and Max Terhune
, and was directed by Mack V. Wright
. Devil-worshiping Indians
and walking mummies
enliven the proceedings.
of Lukachukai, the Three Mesquiteers lead an expedition to find him.
The Three Mesquiteers
The Three Mesquiteers is the umbrella title for a series of 51 western B-movies released between 1936 and 1943, including 8 films starring John Wayne...
" Western
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
B-movie
B-movie
A B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not definitively an arthouse or pornographic film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature....
starring Bob Livingston
Robert Livingston (actor)
Robert Livingston was an American film actor. He appeared in 135 films between 1921 and 1975.Often billed as "Bob Livingston," he was the original "Stony Brooke" in the "Three Mesquiteers" Western B-movie series, a role later played by John Wayne for eight films...
, Ray "Crash" Corrigan, and Max Terhune
Max Terhune
Max Terhune , was an American film actor. He appeared in nearly 70 films, mostly B-westerns, between 1936 and 1956....
, and was directed by Mack V. Wright
Mack V. Wright
-Selected filmography:Director*Wolf Tracks *Masked *Thieves' Clothes *The Broncho Kid *Red Blood *The Texas Terror *Tarzan and the Golden Lion *South of the Rio Grande...
. Devil-worshiping Indians
Native Americans in the United States
Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
and walking mummies
Mummy
A mummy is a body, human or animal, whose skin and organs have been preserved by either intentional or incidental exposure to chemicals, extreme coldness , very low humidity, or lack of air when bodies are submerged in bogs, so that the recovered body will not decay further if kept in cool and dry...
enliven the proceedings.
Plot
After Professor Marsh disappears whilst searching for the lost cityLost city
A "Lost City" is a term that is generally considered to refer to a well-populated area which fell into terminal decline, became extensively or completely uninhabited, and whose location has been forgotten. Some lost cities whose locations have been rediscovered have been studied extensively by...
of Lukachukai, the Three Mesquiteers lead an expedition to find him.
Cast
- Bob LivingstonBob LivingstonRobert Linlithgow "Bob" Livingston Jr. is a Washington, D.C.-based lobbyist and a former Republican U.S. Representative from Louisiana...
as Stony Brooke, Mesquiteer - Ray "Crash" Corrigan as Tucson Smith, Mesquiteer
- Max TerhuneMax TerhuneMax Terhune , was an American film actor. He appeared in nearly 70 films, mostly B-westerns, between 1936 and 1956....
as Lullaby Joslin, Mesquiteer - Mary Russell as Betty Marsh, daughter of the missing archeologist, Professor Marsh
- Roger Williams as Rutledge, another member of the expedition to find Professor Marsh
- Fern EmmettFern EmmettFern Emmett was an American film actress. She appeared in 212 films between 1930 and 1946.-Selected filmography:The following were with John Wayne:* Riders of Destiny...
as Henrietta McCoy - C. Montague ShawC. Montague ShawCharles Montague Shaw was an Australian character actor, often appearing in small supporting parts in more than 150 films....
as Professor Flaxon - Yakima CanuttYakima CanuttYakima Canutt , also known as Yak Canutt, was an American rodeo rider, actor, stuntman and action director.-Biography:...
as Otah, an Indian guide travelling with the Mesquiteers - John WardJohn Ward (actor)John Ward was an English actor and theatre manager. The founder of the Warwickshire Company of Comedians – a Birmingham-based theatre company who toured throughout the West Midlands and into Wales during the mid to late eighteenth century – he was the first of the Kemble family theatrical dynasty,...
as Professor Brewster - George Godfrey as Professor Fronc
- Earle RossEarle RossEarle Ross was an American radio and film actor.While in school he became interested in dramatics and was usually cast as a villain or an old man because of his unusual voice characteristics. In 1908 he worked with Colonel Bill Selig in his first 5-reel movie film The Holy Cross...
as Professor Cleary - Frank EllisFrank Ellis (actor)Frank Ellis was an American film actor. He appeared in over 480 films between 1917 and 1954. He was born in Oklahoma and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:* Elmo the Fearless...
as Coggins, the cook - Chief ThundercloudChief ThundercloudChief Thundercloud, was an American character actor in westerns.Information about Thundercloud is vague...
as High Priest - John Van Pelt as Professor Marsh, an archeologist searching for a lost city in the American west