Starlight Over Texas (1938)

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The first Tex Ritter Western from Monogram Pictures, Starlight Over Texas contained the singing cowboy's trademark mix of furious fist-fight, ornery Charles King, and a slew of musical numbers. Unfortunately, Monogram also inherited Ritter's main weaknesses: idiotic sidekicks (Horace Murphy and Snub… More The first Tex Ritter Western from Monogram Pictures, Starlight Over Texas contained the singing cowboy's trademark mix of furious fist-fight, ornery Charles King, and a slew of musical numbers. Unfortunately, Monogram also inherited Ritter's main weaknesses: idiotic sidekicks (Horace Murphy and Snub Pollard), slipshod direction (by Al Herman), meandering plots, and the aforementioned slew of musical numbers. At least Starlight Over Texas featured an eye-catching fiesta in addition to Ritter's warbling of such tunes as Pickens by A.J. Brier and Starlight Over Texas by Harry Tobias and Al Von Tilzer. Ritter played Tex Newman, a United States Marshal assigned to look into a series of Indian raids on the border to Mexico. As it turns out, the raids are committed by a gang of outlaws only masquerading as Indians. The leader of the gang, Kildare (Karl Hackett), murders a marshal and assumes his identity. Tex. of course, does not fall for the masquerade for long and the inevitable chase across the border ends with the capture of Kildare. Executive producer Edward F. Findley moved his entire "Boots and Saddles" operation from the floundering Grand National to Monogram without missing a beat. Along for the ride, in addition to sidekicks Murphy and Pollard and director Herman, were music director Frank Sanucci, assistant director Bobby Ray, cinematographer Francis Corby and film editor Frederick Bain. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 55 min.
Directed By: Albert Herman
Genres: Western, Action & Adventure, Classics

On DVD: Jan 27, 2009

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Cast

            Tex Ritter as Tex Newman

            Carmen La Roux as Maria

            Rosa Turich as Mexican woman

            Horace Murphy as Ananias

            Karl Hackett as Kildare

            Martin Garralaga as Capt. Gomez

            George Cheseboro as Ashley Hill

            Carlos Villarías as Gov. Ruiz

            Edward Cassidy as Capt. Brooks

            Art Mix
            
            Tex Palmer as Henchman

            Harry "Snub" Pollard as PeeWee

            Stelita as Singer

            Sherry Tansey
            
            Bob Terry as Farrell

            Fred Velasco as Dancer

            Horace B. Carpenter as Bartender

            Denver Dixon as Henchman

            Charles King as Hank Boston

            Dave O'Brien as Player

            James Sheridan as Croft

            Oscar Gahan as Henchman

            Chick Hannon as Henchman

            White Flash the Horse
            
            Carmen Laroux
            
            George Chesebro
            
            Salvatore Damino
            
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