King of the Texas Rangers (1941)

Directors:

John English
William Witney

Writers:

Ronald Davidson (original screenplay)
Norman S. Hall (original screenplay)

Release Date:

4 October 1941 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Western

Tagline:

FROM KING OF THE GRIDIRON TO KING OF SERIAL STARS! This amazing hero of might and brawn now brings to the screen the powerful slashing, smashing attack that gave him immortal fame on the football field! (original release)

Plot Keywords:

Serial | Sabotage | Beautiful Woman

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Sammy Baugh	...	Ranger Tom King Jr. (as Slingin' Sammy Baugh)
Neil Hamilton	...	John Barton / Felix Hauptman
Pauline Moore	...	Sally Crane
Duncan Renaldo	...	Lt. Pedro Garcia
Charles Trowbridge	...	Mr. Robert Crawford [Chs. 2-6,10,12]
Herbert Rawlinson	...	Col. Lee Avery [Chs. 1,12]
Frank Darien	...	Pop Evans
Rudolph Anders	...	His Excellency [Chs. 1,3,6,10-12] (as Robert O. Davis)
Monte Blue	...	Capt. Tom King Sr. [Ch. 1]
Stanley Blystone	...	A.J. Lynch
Kermit Maynard	...	Ranger Wichita Bates [Chs. 1-5, 7-11]
Roy Barcroft	...	Ross (thug) [Chs. 1-7]
Kenne Duncan	...	Nick (thug) [Chs. 1-4,6-9]
Jack Ingram	...	Shorty (thug) [Chs. 2-4,6-8,10-11]
Robert Barron	...	Blake

Runtime:

215 min (12 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved

Filming Locations:

Big Bear Valley, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA

Company:

Republic Pictures

Trivia:

From Republic Pictures Corporation files: Writers' assignments Norman S. Hall - Chapters 1 and 6 Joseph Poland - Chapters 2, 7 and 11 William Lively - Chapters 3 and 8 Ronald Davidson - chapters 4, 9 and 12 Joseph O'Donnell - Chapters 5 and 10 The above name order is also the writers' order as seem on the film (minus the chapter assignments.)

Movie Connections:

Featured in Special Effects: Anything Can Happen (1996)

Super Fun!

This is one of the greatest of Hollywood's serials and made by the Tiffany of serial studios: the great Republic Studio. Made in l941, this is a classic serial to watch if you've never seen one. 'Slingin' Sammy Baugh, a real-life football hero back in the early 40s is the hero. Fascinating B-actress, Pauline Moore, is his plucky companion. Together they tear through this movie, dodging exploding oil wells, car wrecks, blazing fires, floods. Wonderful production values, super music and editing. The kiddies should have the thrill of their lives with this knockout entertainment