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The Texas Rangers (1936)

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Two down-on-their-luck former outlaws volunteer to be Texas Rangers and find themselves assigned to bring in an old friend, now a notorious outlaw.

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Edward Ellis ...
Benny Bartlett ...
David (as Bennie Bartlett)
Frank Shannon ...
Capt. Stafford
Frank Cordell ...
Ranger Ditson
Richard Carle ...
Casper Johnson
Jed Prouty ...
District Attorney Dave Twitchell
Fred Kohler ...
Jess Higgins (as Fred Kohler Sr.)
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Judge Snow (as George Hayes)
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Jim Hawkins and Wahoo Jones are stagecoach robbers who head to Texas to find Sam McGee, their partner. Once there, low on funds, they join the Texas Rangers, come across Sam, and decide to run their game by sending Sam inside information. Meanwhile, though, in pacifying rebellious Indians, Jim and Wahoo start to take on the code of the Rangers, and the daughter of the Ranger's major sets her sights on Jim. Can there be honor among thieves, or are Jim, Wahoo, and Sam on a collision course? As a lawless frontier becomes a civilized land, which side will the boys chose? Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

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Adventure | Western

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28 August 1936 (USA)  »

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Milicias de paz  »

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(Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

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One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. See more »

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After enlisting in the Texas Rangers, Jim puts his hat on twice. See more »

Quotes

Wahoo Jones: Looks like you got me, Sam, but I'll lay my cards on the table. I'll shoot straight.
Sam McGee: [shooting Wahoo under the table] So will I.
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Connections

Followed by The Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940) See more »

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"Allá en el Rancho Grande"
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One of the Best Westerns of the 30s
10 March 2002 | by (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) – See all my reviews

"The Texas Rangers" tells the story of three pals (Fred MacMurray, Jack Oakie, Lloyd Nolan) who are living the lives of outlaws until they become separated when cornered by a posse. MacMurray and Oakie wind up joining the Texas Rangers while Nolan becomes the notorious "Polka Dot Bandit". Eventually you know that the two sides will have the inevitable showdown. Great action scenes involving an Indian attack highlight the film.

A very young clean-shaven MacMurray is good in the lead and Jack Oakie is..well Jack Oakie as MacMurray's trusty sidekick. Nolan is fittingly evil as the grinning villain of the piece. Heroine Jean Parker plays MacMurray's love interest who convinces him of the error of his ways.

In the courtroom scene, watch for "B" western favorites George "Gabby" Hayes as a judge, Fred Kohlor as the town boss and Charles (Ming the Merciless) Middleton as his lawyer.

If the story seems familiar, it was remade as "The Streets of Laredo" in 1949 with William Holden, William Bendix and Macdonald Carey in the MacMurray, Oakie and Nolan roles respectively.


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