The Texas Rangers (1936)

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Made with the full cooperation of the real-life Texas Rangers (who never met a publicity gimmick they didn't like), this sprawling historical western stars Fred MacMurray as Jim Hawkins, one of three outlaws working the Lone Star State in the years following the Civil War. Both Hawkins and his… More Made with the full cooperation of the real-life Texas Rangers (who never met a publicity gimmick they didn't like), this sprawling historical western stars Fred MacMurray as Jim Hawkins, one of three outlaws working the Lone Star State in the years following the Civil War. Both Hawkins and his partner in crime Wahoo Jones (Jack Oakie) decide to go straight, but their bandit pal Sam McGee (Lloyd Nolan) has not quite seen the light. Eventually, Jim and Wahoo join the fledgling Texas Rangers, an organization dedicated to bringing law, order and honest government to their state, while McGee cuts a swath of terror with his new gang. When the two reformed outlaws are assigned to bring in their old friend Sam, Jim balks but Wahoo accepts. In the film's most talked-about scene, McGee smilingly puts a hole through Wahoo's stomach with a gun he has hidden under a table. Now motivated by revenge (although he couldn't say as much in a post-Production Code film), Jim vows to bring McGee to justice, dead or alive, but preferably the former. Released to coincide with the Texas Centennial, The Texas Rangers was remade in 1949 as Street of Laredo; there was also a 1940 sequel, The Texas Rangers Ride Again. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 35 min.
Directed By: King Vidor, Jacques Tourneur
Written By: King Vidor, Elizabeth Hill, Louis Stevens, Walter Prescott Webbprod
Genres: Western, Action & Adventure, Classics

In Theaters: Aug 28, 1936 Wide
On DVD: May 8, 2007

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Cast

            Fred MacMurray as Jim Hawkins

            Jack Oakie as Wahoo Jones

            Jean Parker as Amanda Bailey

            Lloyd Nolan as Sam McGee

            Edward Ellis as Maj. Bailey

            Bennie Bartlett as David

            Elena Martinez as Maria

            Frank Shannon as Capt. Stafford

            Stanley Andrews as Henchman

            Irving Bacon as David's Father

            Hank Bell
            
            Richard Carle as Casper Johnson

            Joe Dominguez
            
            Frank Ellis
            
            Bill Gillis
            
            Neal Hart
            
            George 'Gabby' Hayes as Judge

            Dell Henderson as Citizen

            Cecil Kellogg as Ranger

            Fred Kohler as Higgins

            Rhea Mitchell as Passenger

            Jed Prouty as Prosecuting Attorney

            William Strauss as Juror

            Gayne Whitman as Announcer

            Bobby Caldwell as Boy in Coach

            Frank Cordell as Ranger Ditson

            Howard Joslin
            
            Jack Montgomery
            
            Edward EllisBenny Bartlett
            
            Benny Bartlett
            
            Brian Donlevy
            
            Dana Andrews
            
            Fay Holden
            
            Hoagy Carmichael
            
            Lloyd Bridges
            
            Patricia Roc
            
            Stanley Ridges
            
            Susan Hayward
            
            Ward Bond
            
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