Hit the Saddle

Hit the Saddle
Directed by	Mack V. Wright George Blair (assistant)
Produced by	Nat Levine Sol C. Siegel (associate)
Written by	Oliver Drake Maurice Geraghty William Colt MacDonald (novel)
Starring	Bob Livingston Ray "Crash" Corrigan Max Terhune Rita Hayworth J. P. McGowan
Music by	Alberto Colombo
Cinematography	Jack A. Marta
Edited by	Murray Seldeen (supervising) Tony Martinelli
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release dates	March 3, 1937 (1937-03-03)
Running time	57 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Hit the Saddle is a 1937 "Three Mesquiteers" Western B-movie^[1] starring Bob Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune, and Rita Hayworth, before she became famous. The film was directed by Mack V. Wright.

Plot

Cattle rancher Rance McGowan intends to capture a herd of wild horses but they are protected US government. He trains and disguises his own horse, Volcano, to lead them in stampedes across other ranches which will lead to the government removing its protection. In the process, however, the local Sheriff is killed by Volcano and the Sheriff's friends, The Three Mesquiteers, become involved. Meanwhile, Stony Brooke wants to marry saloon singer Rita but the other Mesquiteers do not trust her.

Cast

• Bob Livingston as Stony Brooke, Mesquiteer
• Ray Corrigan as Tucson Smith, Mesquiteer
• Max Terhune as Lullaby Joslin, Mesquiteer
• Rita Hayworth as Rita, a saloon singer (Hayworth was billed under her real name as Rita Cansino; in the same year she moved to Columbia Pictures and acquired her more famous stage name)
• J. P. McGowan as Rance McGowan, villainous rancher
• Ed Cassidy as Sheriff Miller, murdered by McGowan
• Sammy McKim as Tim Miller, the Sheriff's son
• Yakima Canutt as Buck, one of McGowan's henchmen
• Harry Tenbrook as Joe Harvey, one of McGowan's henchmen
• Robert Smith as Hank, one of McGowan's henchmen
• Eddie Boland as Pete

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