The Texas Rangers

Aug 28, 1936

1h 38m

★ 6.3

SEE The wild Indian war dance, the great pitched battle of Rangers and Comanches! SEE The roaring revel in the frontier "Pleasure Palace" at Eldorado! SEE the heart-touching scenes of romance and thrilling drama!

Overview

Two down-on-their-luck former outlaws volunteer to be Texas Rangers and find themselves assigned to bring in an old friend, now a notorious outlaw.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Jim Hawkins

Fred MacMurray

Henry B. 'Wahoo' Jones

Jack Oakie

Amanda Bailey

Jean Parker

Sam 'Polka Dot' McGee

Lloyd Nolan

Major Bailey

Edward Ellis

David

Benny Bartlett

Captain Stafford

Frank Shannon

Ranger Ditson

Frank Cordell

Casper Johnson

Richard Carle

District Attorney Dave Twitchell

Jed Prouty

Jess Higgins

Fred Kohler

Judge Snow

George 'Gabby' Hayes

Having fled to Mexico from the U.S. many years ago for killing his father's murderer, Martin Brady travels to Texas to broker an arms deal for his Mexican boss, strongman Governor Cipriano Castro. Brady breaks a leg and while recuperating in Texas the gun shipment is stolen. Complicating matters further the wife of local army major Colton has designs on him, and the local Texas Ranger captain makes him a generous offer to come back to the states and join his outfit. After killing a man in self-defense, Brady slips back over the border and confronts Castro who is not only unhappy that Brady has lost his gun shipment but is about to join forces with Colton to battle the local raiding Apache Indians.

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