The Texas Rangers (1951)

It's 1874 and the Texas Rangers have been reorganized. But Sam Bass has assembled a group of notorious outlaws into a gang the Rangers are unable to cope with. So the Ranger Major releases ... See full summary »

Director:

Phil Karlson

Writers:

Richard Schayer (screenplay), Frank Gruber (story)

Stars:

George Montgomery, Gale Storm, Jerome Courtland

Cast

Complete credited cast:
George Montgomery	...	Johnny Carver
Gale Storm	...	Helen Fenton
Jerome Courtland	...	Danny Carver alias Bonner
Noah Beery Jr.	...	Buff Smith
William Bishop	...	Sam Bass
John Litel	...	Maj. John B. Jones
Douglas Kennedy	...	Dave Rudabaugh
John Dehner	...	John Wesley 'Wes' Hardin
Ian MacDonald	...	The Sundance Kid
John Doucette	...	Butch Cassidy
Jock Mahoney	...	Duke Fisher (as Jock O'Mahoney)

Storyline

It's 1874 and the Texas Rangers have been reorganized. But Sam Bass has assembled a group of notorious outlaws into a gang the Rangers are unable to cope with. So the Ranger Major releases two men from prison who are familiar with the movements and locations used by Bass and his men and sends them out to find him.

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Plot Keywords:

ranger | outlaw | opening action scene | street shootout

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Genres:

Western

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 June 1951 (USA)

Also Known As:

Grenzpolizei in Texas

Filming Locations:

Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Edward Small Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

74 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Color (Supercinecolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Remade as Arizona Raiders (1965)

User Reviews

Great cast in mediocre script

In so many ways, this is typical Hollywood.

History is botched so thoroughly, this script becomes caricature.

Despite a great cast, and a pretty good story, watching it was painful for me because of all the character names: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, John Wesley Hardin, and so many other real villains of history are thrown into the mix here.

Naturally, being bad guys, most of them get bumped off -- and it is really infuriating to watch because all those people had real deaths at other places and times.

Why?

Why not just make up other names and present a nice fictional story? It would have been a much better movie.