The Night Riders is a 1939 American "Three Mesquiteers" Western film[1] starring John Wayne, Ray "Crash" Corrigan, and Max Terhune.

The villain of the film was based on a real-life character in the Old West, James Reavis, who was also known as The Baron of Arizona.

[2] The Three Mesquiteers, Stony Brooke, Tucson Smith and Lullaby Joslin, are returning to Texas aboard a paddle steamer when a fight breaks out between two of the men playing blackjack.

Ashore, he encounters counterfeiter Hazleton, who has faked a land title to 13 million acres (52,609 km2) in the name of Don Luis de Serrano.

Talbot impersonates de Serrano, with Hazleton's assistant, Soleded, posing as his wife and after an investigation, the court rules that the claim is genuine.

He sends enforcers to collect and issues a notice that failure to pay will result in forfeiture of cattle.

Hazleton suggests to de Serrano that they offer a $10,000 reward for the capture of Los Capaqueros, dead or alive.

Just then, Senora de Serrano's is harassed by a mob, but the Mequiteers save her, by pushing her into her coach and scaring the horses.

They visit the Randall's, and Susan and Tim are upset that Stony and the others, who she thought were on the rancher's side, appear to be working for de Serrano.

He gets the sheriff and they catch Los Capaqueros, with Tim watching from behind a tree; but, before they are taken to jail, Stony grabs de Serrano and rips his sleeve, exposing the scar and proving that he is really Talbot.