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Acting
Maston Williams
Born April 23, 1879 · Navarro County, Texas, USA
Died July 15, 1978 · aged 99
No biography available.
Known For
Heart of the Rockies · 1937Heart of the Rockies
★ 8.01937
MovieWestern
Cattle are being routinely stolen from a local ranch, and suspicion centers on a local mountain family. But the Three Mesquiteers are wise to the criminals' deeds. But when a ranger is shot and Stony is framed for the crime, it's up to Lullaby and Tucson to prove his innocence.
Dragnet Patrol · 1931Dragnet Patrol
★ 6.21931
MovieActionCrime
A sailor falls for a gangster's moll, leaves his wife and finds himself caught up in a life of crime.
Riders of Black River · 1939Riders of Black River
★ 10.01939
MovieWestern
Former Texas Ranger Wade Patterson returns to his home town, only to find that the territory is in the grip of cattle rustlers. For a while, it looks as though heroine Linda Holden is in cahoots with the bad guys, but Patterson quickly clears her name and takes on the crooks himself.
Heroes of the Hills · 1938Heroes of the Hills
★ 8.01938
MovieWestern
In this entry in the long-running series of westerns, the Three Mesquiteers transform their ranch into a prison farm to provide a model for prison reform. They are opposed by a local contractor who wants to build a standard prison.
Two-Fisted Sheriff · 1937Two-Fisted Sheriff
★ 3.81937
MovieActionAdventure
This is a remake of Columbia's 1932 "Cornered" that starred Tim McCoy. Bob Pearson saves the life of his friend, Sheriff Dick Houston, who has captured two stagecoach bandits and is about to be shot from ambush by a third. Bob is found a few days later near the murdered body of cattleman Herrick with a gun in his hand.
The Defense Rests · 1934The Defense Rests
★ 7.11934
MovieDramaCrime
A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.
Fighting With Kit Carson · 1933Fighting With Kit Carson
★ 6.51933
MovieWesternAction
In this Western, comprised of 12 chapters from a serial, Kit leads a group carrying a large gold shipment across the wild West. When the Mystery Riders attack and steal the gold, Kit is the only survivor. He later joins forces with the cavalry to retrieve it.
Born to Be Wild · 1938Born to Be Wild
★ 7.51938
MovieActionDrama
Truck drivers Steve Hackett and Bill Purvis are fired from their jobs with the West Coast Trucking company for not using second-gear going down steep grades. Davis, the company vice-president, surprisingly asks them to carry a load of merchandise to Arrowhead and offers a $1000 bonus. He tells them it is a load of lettuce. Several miles out of Los Angelese, they are stopped by a mob of lettuce-farm workers on strike. When the first crate is tossed off the truck, it explodes and the two pals learn their merchandise is a cargo of dynamite. The workers let them proceed and they crash into a car driven by Mary Stevens, whom they had met at a restaurant. She and her dog, "Butch" (played by a Credited dog named Stooge), join them and they deliver their cargo, and learn unscrupulous real-estate operators have jammed the locks on the dam in order to ruin the ranchers and farmers and take over their property.
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Call The Mesquiteers · 1938Call The Mesquiteers
★ 6.51938
MovieActionWestern
The Three Mesquiteers are forced to track down a train robbery ring after some of the gang hijack their truck for a getaway and the police conclude they are part of the gang, an identification which is just fine with the gang's nameless chief.
Lead Henchman Phillips, boxcar heist, etc.












