The Fighting Ranger

May 11, 1925

6h 0m

★ 9.0

Overview

After crashing his plane in the wilderness, a young airborne forest ranger is nursed back to health by a mountain man and his pretty daughter in this 18-chapter serial from Universal.

Genres

Action

Western

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

The Fighting Ranger Trailers

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Cast

Terrence O'Rourke (as Jack Daugherty)

Jack Dougherty

Mary Marshall

Eileen Sedgwick

Bud Hughes

Al Wilson

Topaz Taggart

Bud Osborne

John Marshall

William Welsh

Miguel Cordero

Charles Avery

Komi

Frank Lanning

Ramon

Sam Polo

Buck

Slim Cole

Stella Montrose

Gladys Roy

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