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The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen

  • 1937
  • Approved
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
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Charles King and Tex Ritter in The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen (1937)
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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... Read allTex 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.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
  • Writer
    • Edmond Kelso
  • Stars
    • Tex Ritter
    • White Flash
    • Iris Meredith
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.7/10
    184
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ray Taylor
    • Writer
      • Edmond Kelso
    • Stars
      • Tex Ritter
      • White Flash
      • Iris Meredith
    • 11User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Tex Ritter
    Tex Ritter
    • Tex Martin
    White Flash
    • White Flash
    Iris Meredith
    Iris Meredith
    • Nancy Wilson
    Horace Murphy
    Horace Murphy
    • Stubby Billings
    Charles King
    Charles King
    • Blackie Devlin
    Earl Dwire
    Earl Dwire
    • Sheriff Walker
    Forrest Taylor
    Forrest Taylor
    • Norton
    Joseph W. Girard
    Joseph W. Girard
    • Dan Farley
    • (as Joseph Girard)
    Lafe McKee
    Lafe McKee
    • Tom Wilson
    Hank Worden
    Hank Worden
    • Deputy
    • (as Heber Snow)
    Ray Whitley
    Ray Whitley
    • Guitar Player
    The Range Ramblers
    • Saloon Musicians
    Lynton Brent
    Lynton Brent
    • Bill Dawson
    • (uncredited)
    Ken Card
    • Banjo Player
    • (uncredited)
    Ed Carey
    Ed Carey
    • Barfly
    • (uncredited)
    Victor Cox
    • Barfly
    • (uncredited)
    Rube Dalroy
    Rube Dalroy
    • Barfly
    • (uncredited)
    Hugh Farr
    Hugh Farr
    • Fiddler
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Ray Taylor
    • Writer
      • Edmond Kelso
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    5dbborroughs

    Too Much Pancake Make-up

    Tex Ritter tries to solve the mystery of a band of hooded horsemen running roughshod over the country side around the Four Star Mine.

    The movie is okay. The plot sort wanders about for the required running time before coming to an end with a chase and a shoot out. Those wishing to learn how not to film a movie chase scene should be required to watch this as good guys and bads guys come from every side of the screen without rhyme or reason. There are a few too many songs that prevent the plot from ever being fully fleshed out.Actually the plot here is more a sketch or a rough idea than an actual story. Its completely forgettable and unremarkable. Its not bad but its something you'll have forgotten five minutes after you watch it.

    A Final Note: Whoever was Tex Ritter's make-up man should be shot, I spent a great deal of the movie wondering when all of the flour on his face was going to turn into a cake. Its awful and makes Ritter look like a dead refugee from the silent era.
    4bkoganbing

    The Klan Rides The Range

    There are Hooded Horsemen but not much of a mystery in The Mystery Of The Hooded Horseman. Still as this was a B picture feature for the Saturday matinée kid crowd it had a lot of riding and shooting with Tex Ritter singing a song or three for Grand National Pictures.

    Tex Ritter and sidekick Horace Murphy come upon a gang of masked horsemen wearing Ku Klux Klan like hoods instead of your regular bandanna masks who shoot down and kill an old friend of Tex's father. The cowboy code demands Tex take action and he does. Of course there's some singing and a little romance with leading lady Iris Meredith.

    There are a couple red herrings thrown at the audience as suspects, but it doesn't take too much to figure out who the leader is. Keep it simple for the kids and I'm sure they enjoyed it back then.

    Tex Ritter's country stylings in his songs are the main reason to watch The Mystery Of the Hooded Horsemen today however.
    5simplisticconception

    Fun Western Adventure

    All of your western tropes can be found in this film. Horse chases, gun fights, bar fights and Tex singing some nice country ballads. Worth a watch for fans of the western genre, but might be less appealing to the casual viewer.
    7FightingWesterner

    Another Pleasant Hour With Tex Ritter

    When his old mentor is killed by black-hooded baddies with skull-and-crossbones on their chests, Tex and his sidekick Stubby head up to the old man's mine look for clues and protect the remaining miners from the mysterious gang.

    Colorful villains, some decent action scenes, including a nice saloon brawl with veteran heavy Charles King, and some great songs, all make this pretty agreeable entertainment for fans of Tex Ritter and nineteen-thirties B-westerns in general.

    In my opinion, Ritter was the most personable and the best singer of the Saturday matinée westerns and Grand National Pictures the best at strategically placing great songs to cover up the slow parts.
    3planktonrules

    Hold on tight...you're in for a bumpy ride...

    To all you lovers of B-westerns, hold on tight...I am about to say something really, really mean. I've seen at least a hundred or more of these movies in the last six months and of all the cowboy heroes, the lamest I have seen is Tex Ritter. I know he had a lot of fans since he made so many movies, but I just can't see his appeal. Since these are particularly cheaply made films (even for Bs), the acting is among the worst and his singing, generally, is pretty limp. When you see a Ritter film and compare it to a Roy Rogers, Tim McCoy or Three Mesquiteers film, the quality difference is very noticeable--and not for the better.

    In this installment, Tex investigates a group of hooded killers. They are NOT the KKK neither are they particularly scary. For example, there is one shootout scene where at least 100-200 shots are fired--and at the end, only one guy is hit! These must be the most myopic villains in film history--as the gang of a dozen or more don't manage to have even one of their bullets land!! The only bullet that hits its mark is one of Tex's--and for that, the community wants him to head a vigilante crusade--though they have no idea WHO these men are. All they know is that Tex's gun can apparently hit something...occasionally. But, when Tex dresses up as a hooded rider, d, now things look bad as the community now think HE is one of the dreaded gang (and you know that they are bad due to the skull and crossbones on their silly uniform). Can Tex extricate himself and find the real baddies? And, can he manage to sing a song that doesn't make your ears bleed? Well, as for the latter, no. His song "I'll Ride, Ride, Ride" is particularly painful--with all of its 'woo-woo-woos'! Of all the Ritter movies I've seen so far, this is probably the worst due to dopey villains and really, really bad acting. Only for die-hard fans who can look past all this. Limp and silly.

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    • Trivia
      The earliest documented telecasts of this film took place in Cincinnati Monday 21 November 1949 on WKRC (Channel 11), and in Los Angeles Thursday 16 February 1950 on KNBH (Channel 4).
    • Quotes

      [two outlaws are unnerved when the hero makes an unexpected appearance]

      Outlaw: Wonder what's he's snooping around here for?

      Blackie Devlin: I don't know, but it's a cinch he ain't up to no good.

    • Connections
      Edited into Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (1976)
    • Soundtracks
      Ride, Ride, Ride
      Written by Fred Rose and Michael David

      Sung by Tex Ritter

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    • Release date
      • August 6, 1937 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Jinetes enmascarados
    • Filming locations
      • Kernville, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Boots and Saddles Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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