Feb 18

Hit the Saddle (1937)

By Bob in THE 3 MESQUITEERS WESTERN MOVIES

A rancher wants to round up wild horses but they are a string of horses under U.S. government protection. So the rancher launches a scheme that he thinks will make the government

lift the restrictions. Meanwhile Stoney is interested in getting hitched to the saloon singer Rita but his friends do not trust her! (This is a very early part for Rita Hayworth even being billed under her original name!)

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 billed under her real name as Rita Cansino
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

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 and J. P. McGowan
Music by Alberto Colombo
Cinematography Jack A. Marta
Edited by Murray Seldeen (supervising)
Tony Martinelli
Distributed by Republic Pictures
Release date March 3, 1937
Running time 57 minutes
Country United States