The Rangers Ride (1948)
JIMMY BATTLES PRIVATE OUTLAW ARMY!
56 min
After the Texas Rangers are disbanded, the the reconstruction years following the Civil War, a private state-police force extorts money from the citizens in a "protection" scheme. Ex-Rangers Jimmy Wakely and "Cannonball" Taylor foil an arrest by state-police officers Hamon and Kelly. Commissioner Jed Brant tells his nephew that his old friend Jimmy is plotting against the law-and-order forces. Vic's fiancée and ranch-owner, Sheila Carol, refuses to sign up with the crooked police outfit, and believes Jimmy is an outlaw. On Chief Barton's order, Hamon shoots ex-Rangers Murphy and Payson, so they can be blamed for a raid on Sheila's ranch.
- Release date
- April 25, 1948
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Jimmy Wakely as Jimmy Wakely
- Dub Taylor as Cannonball Taylor
- Virginia Belmont as Sheila Carroll
- Riley Hill as Vic Sanders
- Marshall Reed as Police Captain Barton
- Steve Clark as Jed Brant
- Pierce Lyden as Sergeant Hamon
- Jim Diehl as Payson
- Milburn Morante as Bullard - Ex-Ranger
- Cactus Mack as Tom Murphy
Crew
- Derwin Abrahams · Director
- Basil Dickey · Writer
- Louis Gray · Producer
- Harry Neumann · Cinematographer
- John C. Fuller · Editor