Tex Ritter Movies
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1. Headin' for the Rio Grande (1936)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Music, Western
Ike Travis runs a protection racket. When the herd owners refuse his services, his men rustle their cattle. But when Tex Saunders shows up and starts thwarting their attempts, Travis plans to get rid of him.
Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: Tex Ritter, Warner Richmond, White Flash, Eleanor Stewart
Votes: 59
2. Arizona Days (1937)
Passed | 57 min | Drama, Music, Western
Tex and sidekick Grass join McGill's traveling show. When Price has McGill's wagons burned, Tex becomes the county tax collector to earn money. This leads to trouble as one of those owing money is Price who says he will not pay.
Director: John English | Stars: Tex Ritter, Syd Saylor, White Flash, Ethelind Terry
Votes: 182
3. Trouble in Texas (1937)
Passed | 63 min | Drama, Music, Western
Rodeo stars are being killed with poisoned needles, and Tex Ritter is next on the list.
Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: Tex Ritter, Rita Hayworth, White Flash, Earl Dwire
Votes: 300
4. Hittin' the Trail (1937)
Passed | 58 min | Drama, Music, Western
This was one of the earlier uses of Robert Tansey's favorite plot (only the 3rd time he had trotted it out of the stable, but he got six more films out of it in later years) in which a ... See full summary »
Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: Tex Ritter, Earl Dwire, White Flash, Jerry Bergh
Votes: 131
5. Sing, Cowboy, Sing (1937)
Passed | 59 min | Western
Kalmus is after the freight contract held by Summers. When his gang kill Summers, Tex and Duke step in to help Madge keep the freight line going. When they foil the gang's further attempts, Kalmus gets the Judge to jail the two.
Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: Tex Ritter, Karl Hackett, White Flash, Louise Stanley
Votes: 189
6. Riders of the Rockies (1937)
Approved | 56 min | Western
Tex and his pals join the Rangers to fight rustlers along the border. When Doc and Pee Wee get framed for rustling and then jailed, Tex deserts the Rangers, crosses the border, and joins up... See full summary »
Director: Robert N. Bradbury | Stars: Tex Ritter, White Flash, Louise Stanley, Horace Murphy
Votes: 87
7. The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen (1937)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Music, Western
Tex is up against a group of hooded outlaws. When he shoots one, he uses the hood to infiltrate the gang. Almost caught by them, he escapes only to be arrested by the Sheriff who thinks he's one of the gang.
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Tex Ritter, White Flash, Iris Meredith, Horace Murphy
Votes: 178
8. Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts (1937)
Passed | 66 min | Drama, Music, Western
Tex is after the gang that robbed a train of a gold shipment. He suspects Dorman is the culprit and is hiding their gold at his mine. When Stubby sees Dorman's henchman Stark cash in some ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Tex Ritter, Forrest Taylor, White Flash, Marjorie Reynolds
Votes: 99
9. Frontier Town (1938)
Passed | 59 min | Drama, Music, Western
Regan is passing off counterfeit money at rodeos betting on his man Denby. When Tex appears and wins all the events, Regan has him accused of murder. As Tex looks for the counterfeiters, ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Tex Ritter, Karl Hackett, White Flash, Ann Evers
Votes: 84
10. Rollin' Plains (1938)
Approved | 57 min | Drama, Music, Western
It's cattlemen versus sheepmen and Trigger Gargan appears to be the leader of the gang causing the trouble. But unknown to Ranger Tex Lawrence, the respected town citizen Barrow is the boss... See full summary »
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Tex Ritter, Karl Hackett, White Flash, Horace Murphy
Votes: 162
11. Utah Trail (1938)
Passed | 56 min | Drama, Music, Western
Tex and his sidekicks arrive to help out his friend Jeffers, a railroad owner, only to find that he has been killed. They quickly run into trouble with an outlaw gang in their attempt to ... See full summary »
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Tex Ritter, White Flash, Horace Murphy, 'Snub' Pollard
Votes: 68
12. Starlight Over Texas (1938)
Passed | 58 min | Drama, Music, Western
Tex has been sent to investigate the theft of government provisions along the border. Kildare is the leader of the outlaw gang and has his men posing as Indians. He has already killed the ... See full summary »
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Tex Ritter, Carmen Laroux, Rosa Turich, Karl Hackett
Votes: 47
13. Where the Buffalo Roam (1938)
Passed | 61 min | Drama, Music, Western
Tex returns to Santa Fe to find his Mother murdered. Foster runs the town and all crimes committed by his gang are blamed on Rogel and his men. He makes Tex Marshal but this backfires when ... See full summary »
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Tex Ritter, John Merton, Dorothy Short, Horace Murphy
Votes: 74
14. Song of the Buckaroo (1938)
Approved | 58 min | Drama, Music, Western
An outlaw on the run assumes the identity of a dead man. When in his new identity he finds himself elected the mayor of a small town, he decides to go straight.
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Tex Ritter, Jinx Falkenburg, Mary Ruth, Tom London
Votes: 30
15. Sundown on the Prairie (1939)
Approved | 58 min | Drama, Music, Western
Tex and Ananias are sent by the government to capture some Santa Fe rustlers. Tex recognizes Hendricks as an outlaw, captures him and learns that Hendricks intends to meet a rustler named ... See full summary »
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Tex Ritter, White Flash, Dorothy Fay, Horace Murphy
Votes: 18
16. Rollin' Westward (1939)
Passed | 55 min | Western
A cowboy helps a pretty young woman and her father in their fight against land-grabbers who are trying to swindle them out of their cattle ranch. ]
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Tex Ritter, White Flash, Dorothy Fay, Horace Murphy
Votes: 23
17. Man from Texas (1939)
Passed | 56 min | Drama, Music, Western
Hall is after Dennison's land. The Marshal sends Tex to help Dennison while Hall hires the Shooting Kid to finish off Dennison. But the Kid has been helped by Tex in the past and changes ... See full summary »
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Tex Ritter, Charles B. Wood, White Flash, Ruth Rogers
Votes: 31
18. Down the Wyoming Trail (1939)
Approved | 56 min | Drama, Music, Western
Tex arrives on the Parker ranch on Christmas eve and is given the job of being Santa Claus. Also dressed as Santa Claus, Blackie robs Parker and kills a man. When Tex is arrested for the ... See full summary »
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Tex Ritter, White Flash, Horace Murphy, Mary Brodel
Votes: 62
19. Riders of the Frontier (1939)
Approved | 58 min | Drama, Music, Western
THe Rancho Grande, a Texas border ranch, cut off from the law by a gang of outlaws led by ranch foreman Bart Lane (Jack Rutherford), who is holding the elderly owner of the ranch, Sarah ... See full summary »
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Tex Ritter, White Flash, Jack Rutherford, Hal Taliaferro
Votes: 55
20. Westbound Stage (1939)
Passed | 57 min | Drama, Music, Western
A wagon train crossing the plains comes across the remains of other wagon trains that have been attacked by looters. Soon they too are attacked.
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Tex Ritter, Nelson McDowell, Muriel Evans, Nolan Willis
Votes: 49
21. Rhythm of the Rio Grande (1940)
Passed | 53 min | Drama, Music, Western
Tex Regan (Tex Ritter) arrives at the Crane ranch just as Blackie (Earl Douglas) and Pete (Chick Hannon) are preparing to burn it. He drives them off, but is accused by Ruth Crane (Suzan ... See full summary »
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Tex Ritter, White Flash, Suzan Dale, Warner Richmond
Votes: 31
22. Pals of the Silver Sage (1940)
Approved | 52 min | Western
Six-year-old Sugar Grey (Sugar Dawn) has inherited a ranch, which she will lose to her cousin Jeff Grey (Carleton Young) if a certain number of cattle aren't delivered on time. Jeff has ... See full summary »
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Tex Ritter, White Flash, Sugar Dawn, Slim Andrews
Votes: 26
23. The Cowboy from Sundown (1940)
Passed | 57 min | Western
The drought-plagued ranchers of Sundown have to market their cattle at a loss in order to meet mortgage payments held by banker Cylus Cuttler. Then, Sheriff Tex Rockett is forced to ... See full summary »
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Tex Ritter, White Flash, Pauline Haddon, Roscoe Ates
Votes: 56
24. The Golden Trail (1940)
Approved | 52 min | Drama, Music, Western
The dangerous Ceegareet gang has control of Boom Town. No miner with rich diggings is safe from this murderous gang. Tex Roberts (Tex Ritter) and his pal Slim Hunkafeller (Slim Andrews) ... See full summary »
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Tex Ritter, White Flash, Slim Andrews, Inna Gest
Votes: 14
25. Rainbow Over the Range (1940)
Passed | 60 min | Drama, Music, Western
A U.S. marshal is sent to investigate a gang that is stealing horses from the cavalry.
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Tex Ritter, Dorothy Fay, Slim Andrews, Gene Alsace
Votes: 33
26. Roll Wagons Roll (1940)
Passed | 56 min | Drama, Music, Western
Oregon fur traders are attempting to keep pioneers migrating westward out of the territory by inciting the Indians to attack their wagon trains. The U.S. Army sends Tex Masters (Tex Ritter)... See full summary »
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Tex Ritter, Nelson McDowell, Muriel Evans, Nolan Willis
Votes: 34
27. Arizona Frontier (1940)
Approved | 60 min | Drama, Western
Government agent Tex Whitedeer and his sidekick Slim are sent to investigate some supposed Indian raids on the freighting outfit owned by Joe Lane, as well as to pick out the location for ... See full summary »
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Tex Ritter, White Flash, Slim Andrews, Evelyn Finley
Votes: 17
28. Take Me Back to Oklahoma (1940)
Approved | 57 min | Drama, Music, Western
Storm is out to wreck Ace's stage line. When Tex arrives to help Ace, Storm brings in hired killer Mule Bates. But Tex and Bates know each other and the two devise a plan to fool Storm.
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Tex Ritter, Karl Hackett, White Flash, Bob Wills
Votes: 103
29. Rollin' Home to Texas (1940)
Passed | 63 min | Drama, Music, Western
This one starts differently but, in the end, it is another version of Robert Emmett Tansey's oft-used plot of "employing bad guys as good guys to help the good-good guys capture the bad-bad... See full summary »
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Tex Ritter, White Flash, Cal Shrum, Slim Andrews
Votes: 40
30. Ridin' the Cherokee Trail (1941)
Approved | 59 min | Drama, Music, Western
A Texas Ranger goes after an outlaw who has his operations based in the Cherokee Strip.
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet | Stars: Tex Ritter, White Flash, Slim Andrews, Forrest Taylor
Votes: 62
31. The Pioneers (1941)
Approved | 58 min | Drama, Music, Western
A frontiersman leads a group of pioneers to their destination in the Old West and then helps them settle it.
Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Tex Ritter, Karl Hackett, Slim Andrews, Red Foley
Votes: 22
32. King of Dodge City (1941)
Approved | 63 min | Drama, Western
Wild Bill Hickok is sent to Abilene to take on Morgan King and his gang. When he breaks into King's bank to get proof of King's thievery, Sheriff Tex puts him in jail. His friend Cannonball... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Bill Elliott, Tex Ritter, Judith Linden, Dub Taylor
Votes: 46
33. Roaring Frontiers (1941)
Approved | 60 min | Drama, Music, Western
When Tex confronts Hawk Hammond about the murder of his father, the Sheriff is shot. Hammond claims Tex did it and arriving, Bill Hickok takes the job of bringing Tex in. Avoiding Hammond's... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Tex Ritter, Bill Elliott, Ruth Ford, Frank Mitchell
Votes: 34
34. The Lone Star Vigilantes (1942)
Approved | 58 min | Drama, Music, Western
Just after Rebel soldiers Bill and Tex return to Texas after the Civil war, Northerner Major Clark arrives with troops, declares martial law, and disarms the citizens. Bill eventually ... See full summary »
Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Bill Elliott, Tex Ritter, Frank Mitchell, Virginia Carpenter
Votes: 36
35. Bullets for Bandits (1942)
Approved | 55 min | Drama, Music, Western
In a saloon shooting, a cowboy thinks he killed Prince Katey, a man he closely resembles. Cannonball arrives and thinking the cowboy to be Katey, gets him to return to the Katey ranch where... See full summary »
Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Tex Ritter, Bill Elliott, Frank Mitchell, Dorothy Short
Votes: 32
36. North of the Rockies (1942)
Approved | 60 min | Western
Morgan and his gang are smuggling furs across the border. Both the Mounties on the Canadian side and Tex Martin on the American side are after them. When Morgan sets up Tex to be found with... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Tex Ritter, Lloyd Bridges, Bill Elliott, Frank Mitchell
Votes: 34
37. The Devil's Trail (1942)
Passed | 61 min | Drama, Music, Western
Its pre-civil war days and Bull McQuade is trying to keep Kansas from becomming a free state. He controls the town of Tiburon, a haven for wanted outlaws. One of the wanted men is Bill ... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Bill Elliott, Tex Ritter, Eileen O'Hearn, Frank Mitchell
Votes: 39
38. Prairie Gunsmoke (1942)
Passed | 56 min | Western
To win possession of the ranches he holds mortgages on, crooked banker Jim Kelton (Tristram Coffin) has his henchmen led by Spike Allen (Joe McGuinn) raid the ranches and stampede the ... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Tex Ritter, Bill Elliott, Frank Mitchell, Virginia Carroll
Votes: 37
39. Vengeance of the West (1942)
Passed | 61 min | Western
The last entry in Columbia's series co-starring Bill Elliott and Tex Ritter (who departed for the corrals at Republic and Universal), and a remake of 1931's "The Avenger" with Buck Jones: ... See full summary »
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Tex Ritter, Bill Elliott, Frank Mitchell, Adele Mara
Votes: 27
40. Deep in the Heart of Texas (I) (1942)
Approved | 62 min | Western
Jim Malloy (Johnny Mack Brown) returns from the Civil War to Texas to find his father, Colonel Malloy (William Franum), leading a band of land grabbers and carpet-baggers during the Reconstruction Era.
Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Tex Ritter, Fuzzy Knight, Jennifer Holt
Votes: 87
41. Little Joe, the Wrangler (1942)
Approved | 60 min | Drama, Music, Western
A mining executive is framed for murder and must convince the local sheriff of his innocence before bringing a gang of gold looters to justice.
Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Tex Ritter, Fuzzy Knight, Jennifer Holt
Votes: 68
42. The Old Chisholm Trail (1942)
Approved | 61 min | Western
Dusty Gardner, bringing a herd up the Chisholm Trail, is looking for water. Belle Turner has water but wants an exorbitant price for it. When Dusty and his men start a well, Belle and her men set out to stop them.
Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Mady Correll, Tex Ritter, Fuzzy Knight
Votes: 126
43. Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground (1943)
Approved | 62 min | Drama, Music, Western
In order to obtain a stage coach mail contract, a new road must be built. A gang of outlaws try to prevent the building of the road.
Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Tex Ritter, Fuzzy Knight, Jennifer Holt
Votes: 29
44. Cheyenne Roundup (1943)
Passed | 59 min | Western
A gang of outlaws takes over El Dorado, a ghost town, just before gold is rediscovered there. With the boom comes easy money for Gils Brandon and his henchmen. Meanwhile, vigilantes, ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Tex Ritter, Fuzzy Knight, Jennifer Holt
Votes: 82
45. Raiders of San Joaquin (1943)
Approved | 59 min | Western
An outlaw gang is stealing land under the pretense that they are getting it for a railway.
Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Tex Ritter, Fuzzy Knight, Jennifer Holt
Votes: 114
46. The Lone Star Trail (1943)
Passed | 58 min | Western
Rancher Blaze Barker returns to Dead Falls after being framed by land-grabbers and spending two years in jail. Paroled, he can't wear a gun, but is aided by Marshal Fargo Steele. The gang ... See full summary »
Director: Ray Taylor | Stars: Johnny Mack Brown, Tex Ritter, Fuzzy Knight, Jennifer Holt
Votes: 140
47. Arizona Trail (1943)
Approved | 57 min | Western
A young cowboy returns home to help his father fight off a gang trying to take over the family ranch.
Director: Vernon Keays | Stars: Tex Ritter, Fuzzy Knight, Dennis Moore, Janet Shaw
Votes: 105
48. Marshal of Gunsmoke (1944)
Passed | 59 min | Western
Citizens of Gunsmoke are being intimidated by Lon Curtis (Harry Woods) and his gang who are preventing an election to vote on a township charter. Town banker Sam Garrett (Herbert Rawlinson)... See full summary »
Director: Vernon Keays | Stars: Tex Ritter, Russell Hayden, Fuzzy Knight, Jennifer Holt
Votes: 99
49. Cowboy Canteen (1944)
Passed | 72 min | Action, Drama, Music
During world-war-two, Arizona cattle-ranch owner Steve Bradley (Charles Starrett) and his pal Spud Harrigan (Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams) join the army and are assigned to a camp near his ... See full summary »
Director: Lew Landers | Stars: Charles Starrett, Jane Frazee, Barbara Jo Allen, Tex Ritter
Votes: 89
50. Oklahoma Raiders (1944)
Passed | 57 min | Drama, Music, Western
Oklahoma Raiders is yet one more Betty Burbridge re-working of an original Bennett Cohen story ("Come on Danger,1932", "The Renegade Ranger, 1938", "Come On Danger, 1942" and "Alias Billy ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis D. Collins | Stars: Tex Ritter, Fuzzy Knight, Dennis Moore, Jennifer Holt
Votes: 81
51. Gangsters of the Frontier (1944)
Passed | 56 min | Western
Ranchers of Red Rock become rangers to stop a frontier gang.
Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Patti McCarty
Votes: 118
52. Dead or Alive (1944)
Passed | 56 min | Western
The Rangers are after Yackey and his gang. Posing as an outlaw, Dave arrives as Panhandle's prisoner and works his way into the gang. Tex arrives and joins Wright's committee. Tex plans a ... See full summary »
Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Marjorie Clements
Votes: 89
53. The Whispering Skull (1944)
Passed | 56 min | Drama, Music, Western
In this classic western, the Texas Rangers are on the case after a series of murders are committed by the Whispering Skull, a killer who strikes in the dead of night.
Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Denny Burke
Votes: 73
54. Marked for Murder (1945)
Passed | 58 min | Western
Rangers Dave and Panhandle arrive and are joined by Lawyer Tex to try and stop the range war between the ranchers and the sheep men. After they jail the ranchers for attacking the sheep men... See full summary »
Director: Elmer Clifton | Stars: Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Marilyn McConnell
Votes: 83
55. Enemy of the Law (1945)
Passed | 59 min | Western
To get the money hidden by Gray before he was caught, the Rangers send Perkins to prison to become his friend. When the two get out, Perkins is unaware that Gray has printed the map to the loot on the bottom of his foot.
Director: Harry L. Fraser | Stars: Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Kay Hughes
Votes: 107
56. Song of the Gringo (1936)
Passed | 62 min | Western
Tex is sent to investigate miners being killed and their mines confiscated. The culprit is Evans and after Tex joins the gang, he is sent to kill two more miners. When Estaban is killed, Tex is put on trial for all three murders.
Director: John P. McCarthy | Stars: Tex Ritter, Ted Adams, White Flash, Joan Woodbury
Votes: 182
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