The Rangers Take Over

The Rangers Take Over
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlbert Herman
Screenplay byElmer Clifton
(original story snd screenplay)
Produced byAlfred Stern
and Arthur Alexander
StarringDave (Tex) O'Brien
Jim Newill
Iris Meredith
Guy Wilkerson
Cal Shrum's 'Rhythm Rangers'
CinematographyRobert Cline
Edited byCharles Henkel, Jr.
Music byLee Zahler
(musical director)
Production
company
Alexander-Stern Productions
Distributed byProducers Releasing Corporation
Release date
  • December 25, 1942 (1942-12-25)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Rangers Take Over is a 1942 American Western film directed by Albert Herman and written by Elmer Clifton. The film stars Dave (Tex) O'Brien, Jim Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Iris Meredith and Cal Shrum and his "Rhythm Rangers". The film was released on December 25, 1942, by Producers Releasing Corporation.[1][2][3]

The film is the first of PRC's 22-film "Texas Rangers" series starring Dave (Tex) O'Brien, Jim Newill and Guy Wilkerson.

Jim Newill sings three songs in the film co-written by Newill and O'Brien: "The Rangers Take Over", "High in the Saddle" and "Campfire on the Prairie".

Plot

Tex Wyatt, a new recruit, is assigned by his father to investigate cattle rustlings. He's thrown off the force for disobeying orders, and goes undercover with the rustler gang. Working with rangers Jim Steele and Panhandle Perkins, he busts the gang, and earns his spot on the force again.

Cast

See also

The Texas Rangers series:

  1. The Rangers Take Over (1942)
  2. Bad Men of Thunder Gap (1943)
  3. West of Texas (1943)
  4. Border Buckaroos (1943)
  5. Fighting Valley (1943)
  6. Trail of Terror (1943)
  7. The Return of the Rangers (1943)
  8. Boss of Rawhide (1943)
  9. Outlaw Roundup (1944)
  10. Guns of the Law (1944)
  11. The Pinto Bandit (1944)
  12. Spook Town (1944)
  13. Brand of the Devil (1944)
  14. Gunsmoke Mesa (1944)
  15. Gangsters of the Frontier (1944)
  16. Dead or Alive (1944)
  17. The Whispering Skull (1944)
  18. Marked for Murder (1945)
  19. Enemy of the Law (1945)
  20. Three in the Saddle (1945)
  21. Frontier Fugitives (1945)
  22. Flaming Bullets (1945)

References

  1. ^ "The Rangers Take Over (1942) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  2. ^ Hans J. Wollstein. "The Rangers Take Over (1943) - Albert Herman". AllMovie. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
  3. ^ "The Rangers Take Over". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved December 17, 2019.