The Texas Rangers *** (1951, George Montgomery, Gale Storm, Jerome Courtland) – Classic Movie Review 9227

Director Phil Karlson’s 1951 Columbia Pictures Western B-movie The Texas Rangers stars George Montgomery as Johnny Carver, who leads Texas lawmen to round up the band of outlaws of Sam Bass (William Bishop) again, in this busy and well above just-routine action adventure Western, with spectacular unreal colour in Supercinecolor.

Karlson’s reliably robust handling gives it quite a lift, Montgomery is a useful star, Gale Storm plays the heroine, feisty newspaper lady Helen Fenton, John Dehner is John Wesley Hardin [‘Wes’], Ian MacDonald is the Sundance Kid, John Doucette is Butch Cassidy, and there is a fine gallery of Western stalwarts. But, ultimately, is is all the action and the photography that are the making of the movie.

Also in the cast are Jerome Courtland, Noah Beery Jr, John Dehner, William Bishop, John Litel, John Doucette, Jock Mahoney, Douglas Kennedy, Ian MacDonald, Joseph Fallon and Myron Healey.

The Texas Rangers is directed by Phil Karlson, runs 74 minutes, is made by Edward Small Productions, is released by Columbia Pictures , is written by Richard Schayer (screenplay) and Frank Gruber (story), is shot in Supercinecolor by Ellis W Carter, is produced by Edward Small and is scored by Mischa Bakaleinikoff.

It is shot at Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California; Iverson Ranch – 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles; and Sierra Railroad, Jamestown, California.

It is remade as Arizona Raiders (1965).

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