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with his dummy Elmer. It was directed by Mack V. Wright, produced by

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and released by Republic Pictures. The film is based on the 1934 novel by William Colt MacDonald.

Plot

After Professor Marsh disappears while searching for the lost city of Lukachukai, a party of anthropologists including Marsh's daughter Betty arrive in a Western town to prepare an expedition to look for him. Meanwhile, the Three Mesquiteers have discovered a delirious man wandering the desert and bring him to town where Betty recognizes him as a member of her missing father's expedition. As the man slowly gets his memory back the party wishes to know the location of Professor Marsh and Lukachukai that contains an ancient legendary treasure. The man is murdered with a knife bearing an Indian inscription. The Mesquiteers recognize that the murderer is one of the party in the room. Keen on his detective magazine that he constantly carries with him, Stony and the Mesquiteers lead an expedition to find Professor Marsh, the lost city and its treasure and the murderer. Well-armed devil worshiping Indians and animate

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enliven the proceedings.

Cast

as Stony Brooke, Mesquiteer *

as Tucson Smith, Mesquiteer *

as Lullaby Joslin, Mesquiteer * Mary Russell as Betty Marsh, daughter of the missing archeologist, Prof. Marsh * Roger Williams as Rutledge, another member of the expedition to find Prof. Marsh *

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as Henrietta McCoy * C. Montague Shaw as Prof. Flaxon *

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as Otah, an Indian guide travelling with the Mesquiteers *John Ward as Prof. Brewster * George Godfrey as Prof. Fronc * Earle Ross as Prof. Cleary * Frank Ellis as Coggins, the cook * Chief Thundercloud as High Priest *John Van Pelt as Prof. Marsh, an archeologist searching for a lost city in the American west

References

External links

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The Livingston-Corrigan-Terhune period of Three Mesquiteers films at B-Westerns
{{DEFAULTSORT:Riders Of The Whistling Skull 1937 films 1937 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) fantasy films American black-and-white films Films based on American novels Films based on Western (genre) novels Films directed by Mack V. Wright Films produced by Nat Levine Republic Pictures films Three Mesquiteers films Treasure hunt films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films