Gangsters of the Frontier (1944)
1944 · Feature film · 54 min · dir. Elmer Clifton
RANGE RIDERS RIDDLE RACKETEERING RATS - Terror Sweeps the range as ruthless gangsters move in for the kill!
- Western
Synopsis
Tex put the Kern gang away once but they have returned with reinforcements and have take over the town of Red Rock capturing the townsmen and forcing them to work for them in the gold mines. Dave and Tex then organize the ranchers into the Territorial Rangers. After blowing up the mines to keep the gang from getting the gold, they are ready for the showdown between the two sides. Written by Maurice VanAuken
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Elmer Clifton
- Writer
- Elmer Clifton
- Cinematography
- Robert E. Cline
- Studio
- Alexander-Stern Productions
- Released
- 1944-09-22
- Series
- Texas Rangers Collections
- Running time
- 54 minutes
Cast & crew
Elmer Clifton Director
Tex Ritter
Dave O'Brien
Guy Wilkerson
Patti McCarty
Harry Harvey
Betty Miles
I. Stanford Jolley
Marshall Reed
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Ritter & O'Brien Versus Gangsters - Guess Who Wins · Poohbah70 · 2019-11-10
A good action western starring Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien and their sometime humorous sidekick Guy Wilkerson. The movie made while WW2 was raging has a patriotic underpinning as expressed in a good speech by Ritter against groups that use force to make people act against their desires and how the positive forces of those who believe in and fight for the principles that the U.S. was founded on - life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness - will always prevail. And, he also makes good comments on women's rights to to join the fight and the widening inclusion of women in the armed forces. Here the…
