Ride Ranger Ride (1936)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Joseph Kane

Writers:

Bernard McConville (story) &
Karen DeWolf (story) ...

Release Date:

30 September 1936 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

Rip-Roarin'...Hard-Ridin'...Texas Rangers...singin'...fightin'...galloping to glory in the greatest saga of their famoud history!

Plot:

Gene is a Texas Ranger working under cover to protect an Army wagon train full of ammunition and supplies...

Plot Keywords:

Texas | Ammunition | Wagon Train | Texas Ranger | Horse Race

Cast

Gene Autry	...	Texas Ranger Gene Autry
Smiley Burnette	...	Frog Millhouse
Kay Hughes	...	Dixie Summerall
Monte Blue	...	Duval, aka Chief Tavibo
George J. Lewis	...	Lieutenant Bob Cameron (as George Lewis)
Max Terhune	...	Rufe Jones
Robert Homans	...	Colonel Summerall (as Robert E. Homans)
Lloyd Whitlock	...	Major Crosby
Chief Thundercloud	...	Little Wolf
The Tennessee Ramblers	...	Ranger Musicians
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
I. Stanford Jolley	...	Settler Extra (unconfirmed)

Runtime:

USA:54 min (edited version) | 63 min (original version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Victor High Fidelity Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #2555) | Sweden:Btl

Company:

Republic Pictures (I)

Quotes:

[first lines]
Texas Ranger Gene Autry: Well, boys, here's where Rufe and I leave you.
Frog Millhouse: Aren't you goin' to San Antone with us?
Texas Ranger Gene Autry: Nope. We're ridin' to Fort Adobe. I've been made a lieutenant in the United State cavalry.
Frog Millhouse: What did they make out of you, Rufe?
Rufe Jones: They made me plain sick to talkin' about Texas bein' better off without us rangers and givin' our jobs to the United States cavalry.

Movie Connections:

Remade as Saddlemates (1941)

Soundtrack:

Ride Ranger Ride

From The Rangers To The Cavalry And Back

The Texas Rangers are about to be demobilized because the U.S. Cavalry is coming to Texas. They've got garrison duty as the Comanches are allegedly at peace. That's not what Gene Autry says and that's not what grizzled scout Max Terhune says, who actually does say the only good Indian is a dead one. And that's allegedly without the dummy.

Gene and the whole troop of rangers join the cavalry including Max as a scout and even Smiley Burnette. They really don't take to military life to well. In addition Gene's got a romantic rivalry going with George J. Lewis over Kay Hughes.

Somebody is stirring up the Indians, acting as agent provocateur and for those interested in seeing this ancient oater I won't reveal who it is.

Usually Autry westerns at least included some decent cowboy numbers. But even after seeing this only a couple of hours ago on TCM, I can't remember a one of them.

The Indians are really presented in a bad light. Oafs and Dupes at best and savages at worst. But you can't expect too much from a B western.

Although saying B is giving this one too high a grade.