Ghost-Town Gold
{{short description|1936 film by Joseph Kane}}
{{Use American English|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Ghost-Town Gold
| image = Ghost-Town Gold FilmPoster.jpeg
| caption = DVD cover
| director = Joseph Kane
Supervised by William Berke
| producer = Nat Levine (producer)
Sol C. Siegel (associate producer)
| writer = Oliver Drake (screenplay)
William Colt MacDonald (characters)
Bernard McConville (story)
John Rathmell (screenplay)
| starring = See below
| music =
| cinematography = Jack A. Marta
William Nobles
| editing = Lester Orlebeck
| distributor = Republic Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1936|10|26}}
| runtime = 55 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
Ghost-Town Gold is a 1936 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and was the second entry of the 51-film series of Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movies.{{cite web |url=http://www.b-westerns.com/trio3m7.htm |title=The Three Mesquiteers Trio Westerns of Republic Pictures |accessdate=2011-08-29|work=b-westerns.com}} It was based on the 1935 novel of the same name by William Colt MacDonald.
Plot
Having earned a tidy sum from the sale of some cattle they drove, The Three Mesquiteers reluctantly send the gambling addict Lullaby Joslin to bank their cheque from the sale. Lullaby wins Elmer, a ventriloquist dummy at a crooked carnival by cheating at a game of Three Card Monte, replacing all his cards with Aces. Lullaby and Elmer are on a roll and arrive at the bank just after it closes.
During the night the bank is robbed, the Three Mesquiteers stay on to help the bank, including Tucson Smith taking the place of a champion in a prize fight, and apprehend the robbers who hid the money in a ghost town.
Cast
- Robert Livingston as Stony Brooke
- Ray Corrigan as Tucson Smith
- Max Terhune as Lullaby Joslin
- Kay Hughes as Sabina Thornton
- LeRoy Mason as Dirk Barrington
- Burr Caruth as Mayor Ben Thornton
- Bob Kortman as Monk (Barrington's Henchman)
- Milburn Morante as Jake Rawlins
- Frank Hagney as 'Wild Man' Joe Kamatski
- Don Roberts as O'Brien's manager
- F. Herrick Herrick as Catlett, the Fight Promoter
- Robert C. Thomas as 'Thunderbolt' O'Brien, the Champ
- Yakima Canutt as Buck (Barrington's Henchman)
- Hank Worden as Mr. Crabtree
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0027670|title=Ghost-Town Gold}}
- {{Internet Archive film|id=three_mesquiteers|name=Ghost-Town Gold}}
{{The Three Mesquiteers}}
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Category:American black-and-white films
Category:1936 Western (genre) films
Category:Films directed by Joseph Kane
Category:Republic Pictures films
Category:Three Mesquiteers films
Category:American Western (genre) films
Category:Films produced by Nat Levine
Category:Films based on Western (genre) novels
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:English-language Western (genre) films
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