Heart of the Rockies

Throughout "Heart of the Rockies", the Three Mesquiteers contend with losing livestock to what they think are bears. It doesn't seem to matter that this make no sense (there is no evidence of a bear mauling the cows...they just have disappeared...bones and all). What really is happening is some inbred hillbilly stereotypes are butchering the Mesquiteers' cattle and selling them....and leaving bear tracks behind.

I am sure if you are from the Ozarks or deep South that you'd feel some irritation about the way the folks are portrayed in the film. It wasn't exactly positive.

As far as the Mesquiteers go, it was the popular lineup towards the end of the series and included Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, Max Terhune and, inexplicably, Terhune's dummy, Elmer. Yes, the film like many of the Mesquiteer and Range Buster films included a cowboy who totes a ventriloquist dummy throughout the film!!

Is it any good? Not particularly. It's not bad, not good...just another installment in the series.