ThiefHott Too much of everything

Konterr Brilliant and touching

Lancoor A very feeble attempt at affirmatie action

Cristal The movie really just wants to entertain people.

bkoganbing The Three Mesquiteers find themselves in Ghost Town Gold trying to save the reputation of the mayor and bank president of a small boom town. After the bank is held up during a night robbery Burr Caruth's reputation is on the line. There's a big prize fight being held that night and the bet money is being held by the bank.Speaking of the prize fight Ray Corrigan has to get into the ring as one of the fighters backs out. That makes it real personal for the Mesquiteers.The key to the whole situation is desert rat Milburn Morante who holds up in a nearby ghost town. The bad guys hide the loot, but he finds it. It all makes for a bit more plot than one usually finds in a B western.Best part of the film is the climax race back to town with the stolen money before the bank is supposed to open. I do love some of the tactics employed by the Mesquiteers to slow down the pursuing robbers.I think you'll enjoy it too.

MartinHafer Republic Studio's series "The Three Mesquiteers" was quite popular in the 1930s and 40s. Although the cast OFTEN changed (it even included John Wayne for a while), the team of Ray Corrigan, Robert Livingston and Max Terhune made the most of the 51 movies in the series--and these are the ones also generally available through the public domain. "Ghost-Town Gold" is the second film in the series and the first to include all three of these actors as the Mesquiteers. It is interesting to note that because it's such an early film, Lullaby (Terhune) is a lot more morally suspect than he'd become in later films. More about this later.The film begins with the team bringing in a mess of cattle and getting a huge check for their trouble. Lullaby wants to take the check to the bank himself--mostly because he plans on gambling with the trio's funds. During this odd portion, Lullaby cheats a few card sharks and, in the process, is given his ventriloquist dummy, Elmer (who, unfortunately, you'd see in Terhune's subsequent films in the series).Later, after the evil owner of the bar/casino, Barrington, is ordered out of town, the mug decides to punish the town by robbing the bank. The Mesquiteers decide to help the banker and it appears that despite the robbery, the place will stay open. In addition, Tucson (Corrigan) is volunteered to box in a big match--and during this, Lullaby clearly cheats to help Tucson win the fight. However, just as he knocks out the challenger, Barrington absconds with the money. So, it's up to the trio to catch the jerk and return both the bank's money and the money from the match.So what's the ghost town from the title? Well, a crazy old coot lives there alone--and he manages to find the stolen money! So, now the guy has EVERYONE converge on his ghost town to get the loot--and the old guy has a few amusing tricks up his sleeve! How the movie ends is pretty bizarre--but entertaining.This is a better than average entry into the series. Now this does not mean it's a great film--none of the Mesquiteer films were. But, it's pleasant and undemanding fare--and a bit better than most Gene Autry or Roy Rogers films. Worth a look if you love the genre.

Michael_Elliott Ghost Town Gold (1936) ** (out of 4) After being thrown out of a city, some men rob the local bank so that its president (who is also the Mayor) will come under fire of the locals. The Three Mesquiteers end up coming to his rescue by trying to track down the real crooks. Republic made fifty-one films in this series and GHOST TOWN GOLD was actually the second of the long running series. Outside the nice title, there's very little going on in this "B" Western, which features pretty much nothing but one cliché after another. If there's a prime example of a by-the-numbers Western then this here is probably just that. I think it's safe to say that this here is one of the least interesting entries in the series for a number of reason. The biggest is that Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan and Max Terhune just weren't at their full strength in regards to their chemistry. I think the three of them lacked any charm as they went from one scene to the next and it really did come across as the trio trying to find the right touches. I thought the three of them delivered fine performances on their own but they just weren't quite clicking when it came time to have the three acting together. Another problem is that the story itself is just pretty much dead on arrival. Not once do you really care about the banker so you don't care if his name is cleared or not. You really don't care about the town and its people so again, you really don't care if their problem gets solved. The action is also pretty lacking in regards to excitement. GHOST TOWN GOLD is a film that's only going to appeal to fans of the genre but I doubt even they will find it too entertaining.

donnielee46 Played to death on New York's Channel 13 cowboy theater shows in the 1950's, "Ghost Town Gold" became one of my favorite "Three Mequiteers" westerns...right up there with "Riders of the Whistling Skull." Typical Robert Livingston - "Crash" Corrigan - Max Terhune fare with lots of action and shoot 'em up, made even more appealing with the addition of Kay Hughes as the love interest and a crazy old miner that "haunts" the ghost town using ghostly booby traps and weird sound effects to protect "his" gold. I loved it as a kid and tried to locate it for years...finally finding the videotape...and re-living my misspent youth!