Texas (1941)
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15% want to see it
(853 ratings)
Texas was Columbia Pictures' lighthearted (and frankly more enjoyable) follow-up to its 1940 big-budget western Arizona. William Holden and Glenn Ford, looking collectively 28 years old, play a couple of ex-Confederate soldiers who get into all sorts of trouble in a wide-open Texas town. The two… More Texas was Columbia Pictures' lighthearted (and frankly more enjoyable) follow-up to its 1940 big-budget western Arizona. William Holden and Glenn Ford, looking collectively 28 years old, play a couple of ex-Confederate soldiers who get into all sorts of trouble in a wide-open Texas town. The two split up, whereupon Ford takes a job on Joseph Crehan's ranch; by and by, he falls in love with Crehan's daughter Clare Trevor. Meanwhile, Holden has joined a gang of rustlers headed by town dentist Edgar Buchanan (in real life, Buchanan had been a practicing dentist, retaining his license well into the sixties just in case things slowed down in Hollywood). Ex-friends Ford and Holden confront each other again when Holden tries to steal the cattle that Ford is driving across the state to Abilene. Complicating matters is the fact that Holden, too, carries a torch for Trevor. Though packed with action and suspense, Texas never loses its subliminal sense of humor, a fact that can be attributed to its director, slapstick comedy veteran George Marshall. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- George Marshall
- Written By
- Horace McCoy, Lewis Meltzer, Michael Blankfort
- Genres
- Western, Action & Adventure, Classics
Unrated,
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A charming buddy action-packed film.
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James Plath, Movie Metropolis
An enjoyable romp of a western, from start to finish.
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Cast
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William Holden
as Dan Thomas
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Glenn Ford
as Tod Ramsey
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Claire Trevor
as "Mike" King
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George Bancroft
as Windy Miller
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Edgar Buchanan
as Doc Thorpe
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Don Beddoe
as Sheriff
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Andrew Tombes
as Tennessee
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Addison Richards
as Matt Laskan
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Edmund MacDonald
as Comstock
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Joseph Crehan
as Dusty King
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Willard Robertson
as Wilson
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Pat Moriarity
as Matthews
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Edmund Cobb
as Blaire
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James Flavin
as Announcer
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William Gould
as Cattle Buyer
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Raymond Hatton
as Judge
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Jack Ingram
as Henchman
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Ethan Laidlaw
as Henry's Handler
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Lyle Latell
as Dutch Henry
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Ralph Peters
as Deputy
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Duke York
as Wise Guy
- Carleton Young
- Patrick Moriarty
