Lone Star Ranger

Mar 20, 1942

0h 58m

★ 3.0

'Jarrin' John Kimbbrough, All-American grid ace, makes a thrilling screen bow as the famous triggerman, lover, hero!

Overview

Texas Ranger Buck Dunne is assigned to round up a gang of bank robbers. The leader of the gang turns out to be the "respectable" Judge Longstreth, making life difficult for Dunne inasmuch as he's in love with Longstreth's niece Barbara.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Lone Star Ranger Trailers

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Cast

Buck Duane

John Kimbrough

Barbara Longstreth

Sheila Ryan

Judge Longstreth

Jonathan Hale

Texas Ranger Major McNeil

William Farnum

Phil Lawson

Truman Bradley

Euchre

George E. Stone

Tom Duane

Russell Simpson

Trixie

Dorothy Burgess

Sam

Tom Fadden

Red

Fred Kohler Jr.

Mitchell

Eddy Waller

Sheriff

Harry Hayden

Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.

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