The Whispering Skull (1944) | Full Movie | Tex Ritter | Dave O'Brien | Guy Wilkerson

A mysterious night rider, who wears a mask and rides a horse that makes no hoof-beat sounds, has been terrorizing the countryside. The locals call him "The Whispering Skull." Texas Rangers Tex Haines and Dave Wyatt are sent to solve the mystery. On the way, they witness the shooting of rancher Lafe Jeffers by the Skull. When they arrive at the shooting-scene they find an odd-shaped rock clenched in Jeffers' hand. Ranger Panhandle Perkins is accosted by Sheriff Jackson and a posse, and accused of being the mystery rider. Duke Walters and his henchmen,Joe Carter, Eilers, and Jake, attempt to lynch Perkins but Dave and Tex arrive in time to prevent the hanging. Later, Sheriff Jackson is mysteriously shot and his body taken to an empty-store building. Dave and "Doc" Humphrey discover he is still alive, but unconscious, and take him to a secret location. Ellen, the Sheriff's daughter, arrives and says she had received a letter from her father stating he knew the identity of The Whispering Skull." There is diamond-planting, a salted-land-scheme, a frame-up scheme and a land-grab scheme going on among the suspects which complicates things for the investigators and investigated alike.
Director: Elmer Clifton
Writer: Harry L. Fraser
Starring: Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson

[@oldgamerchick]

Thank you great story 🙃☕❤❤❤❤🤠

[@dast540]

Thanks for sharing it! I always enjoy watching Old Western Movies though. 👍👌👏 An of course, I'm a subscriber! Thanks Again Though.

[@charlesfields878]

Guy Wilkerson. Funny and smart. He disguises himself behind noise, bumbling and goofiness. Or maybe he was just lucky. 😂 One of my favorite comic relief characters.

[@richardarmstrong4619]

i have seen 49 oftex ritter's 90 b-westerns. the 11 i have never found are Song of the Buckaroo (1938), The Golden Trail (1940), Arizona Frontier (1940), King of Dodge City (1941), Roaring Frontiers (1941), Lone Star Vigilantes (1942), Bullets for Bandits (1942), North of Rockies 1942, The Devil's Trail (1942), Prairie Gunsmoke (1942), Vengeance of the West (1942) in case you can find any of them.

[@imanutnur7]

Why was it so popular to make the sidekick dumber than a rock in these old westerns and why didn't the horses get shot when a group of outlaws chases a stagecoach?

[@oldgamerchick]

At the time America had come out of the great depression. The dumb sidekick gave comic relief and keep the movie from being to serious. People needed to laugh and be entertained. To see that good guys always beat tbe bad guys. My mom and dad lived during the great depression. They used stuff till it was worn out. Nobody did home make overs just for something new. My parents kept every spare nail and screw just in case they might need it. This all seems crazy by current standards, I guess you had to be there. Not to mention WW2

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