The Rangers Take Over

Dec 25, 1942

0h 53m

★ 6.0

He Used His Gun Instead Of His Head--And Had To Join The Outlaws To Prove He Could Make The Grade

Overview

Jim Steele spots Pete Dawson taking horses over the Mexico-Texas border, but Dawson has an alibi. A new group of recruits arrives at the Ranger station, among them Tex Wyatt, the son of Ranger Captain John Wyatt, whom he hasn't seen for many years. Captain Wyatt tells Tex that he is in the Rangers strictly on his own merit and there will be no favors played. He assigns Tex to pick up Dawson's trail, but orders that no arrest be made without proof.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

PRC

Alexander-Stern Productions

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Cast

Tex Wyatt

Dave O'Brien

Jim Steele

James Newill

Panhandle Perkins

Guy Wilkerson

Jean Lorin

Iris Meredith

John Wyatt

Forrest Taylor

Rance Blair

I. Stanford Jolley

Kip Lane

Charles King

Slocum

Carl Mathews

Bill Summers

Harry Harvey

Block Nelson

Lynton Brent

Pete Dawson

Bud Osborne

Rhythm Ranger

Cal Shrum

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