Hit The SaddleRepublic release of Sol C. Siegel production. Original screenplay by Oliver Drake and Maurice Geraghty. Directred by Mack V. Wright. Photography Jack Marta; songs by Oliver Drake and Sam H. Stept. Completed July 25, 1937. Running time 61 minutes. Featured Rita Casino (Rita Hayworth) as the dancer. Weekly Variety: Lacking a femme angle, this hayseed drama is nil from the emotional standpoint. It is funny in spots and lively. Musically, it’s not so hot. Its two tunes are mediocre, but its speedy popgun routine should help to fit this horse opera on the multiple screens for interest to the inveterate buckshot fans and the juveniles. Sharing principal dramatic interest are a couple of wild stallions, one a painted animal. An unscrupulous rancher is using his wild horses to help him rustle other wild horses out of protected area. When the law interferes, the racketeer’s wild horse generally kills the officer. The rancher’s arm, demanding government leave to kill the wild stallion but they hang the blame onto a painted stallion rather than the real horse. Mixed up here is a crude bit of romance between one of the Mesquiteers and a fandango dancer. The girl is highly deficient in terps and as an actress, but it is of no great consequence. At any rate, this helps to create an unfriendly situation among the Mesquiteers. Two of them don’t like their pal going for the chisler and he takes a powder on them. Picture offers some nice outdoor scenics and the Mesquiteers themselves are a likeable trio, despite their varied accents.
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