The Three Mesqueteers attempt to prevent wholesale slaughter in this fine Republic Western starring
John Wayne, Ray "Crash" Corrigan, and
Raymond Hatton. Planning to build a reservoir on the site, the state government has condemned the town of New Hope and surrounding ranches. Construction chief M.C. Gilbert (
LeRoy Mason) arrives with a clear mandate to buy off both the townsfolk and the ranchers but receives unwanted resistance from old Major Braddock (
Eddy Waller) and his grandchildren (
Jennifer Jones, Dave O'Brien, and Sammy McKim), who are ready to take up arms against the intrusion. When Gilbert and his cohort, Proctor (
Harrison Greene), resort to ungentlemanly methods, including bringing in a crooked real-estate developer (
Wilbur Mack), the Mesqueteers ride into action.
Jennifer Jones, in her screen debut, is billed under her real name of
Phyllis Isley. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide