The Texas Rangers (1951 film)

1951 film by Phil Karlson

The Texas Rangers

Directed by| Phil Karlson
Screenplay by| Richard Schayer
Story by| Frank Gruber
Produced by| Bernard Small
Starring| George Montgomery
Gale Storm
Cinematography| Ellis W. Carter
Edited by| Al Clark
Music by| Paul Sawtell
Color process| Supercinecolor

Production
company

Edward Small Productions

Distributed by| Columbia Pictures

Release date

* June 3, 1951 (1951-06-03)

Running time

| 74 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

The Texas Rangers is a 1951 American Western film shot in SuperCinecolor directed by Phil Karlson and starring George Montgomery and Gale Storm.[1]

## Plot

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Outlaw Sam Bass terrorizes Texas. Johnny Carver and Buff Smith are released from jail by the head of the Texas Rangers to help capture him. The jailbirds appear to be planning a double cross in league with the outlaws, until the big hold-up of a gold train when they play on the Rangers' side.

## Cast

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* George Montgomery as Johnny Carver
* Gale Storm as Helen Fenton
* Jerome Courtland as Danny Bonner
* Noah Beery Jr. as Buff Smith
* William Bishop as Sam Bass
* John Litel as Major John B. Jones, head of Texas Rangers
* Douglas Kennedy as Dave Rudabaugh
* John Dehner as John Wesley Hardin
* Ian Macdonald as the Sundance Kid
* John Doucette as Butch Cassidy
* Jock O'Mahoney as Duke Fisher
* Charles Trowbridge as Texas Governor (uncredited)
* Joey Fallon as Jimmy[2][3] (uncredited)[4]

## Production

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George Montgomery had previously made two Westerns for Edward Small.[5] The film was produced by Small's son Bernard.[6] The railroad scenes were filmed on the Sierra Railroad in Tuolumne County, California.[7]

## See also

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* List of American films of 1951

## References

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1. ^ The Texas Rangers at TCMDB
2. ^ "Joseph Fallon Cast in 'Ranger' Picture". Press of Atlantic City. September 22, 1950. p. 14\. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
3. ^ "Review: 'Texas Rangers' at Colonial". The Patriot-News. July 4, 1951. p. 4\. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
4. ^ Channel classic 1 TV. HD (February 17, 2025). "The Texas Rangers. George Montgomery, Gale Storm 1080p. 1951 HD". YouTube. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
5. ^ Schallert, Edwin (July 22, 1950). "Disney Again to Wed Cartoons, Live Action; Montgomery Does Ranger". Los Angeles Times.
6. ^ Crowther, Bosley (July 14, 1951). "THE SCREEN IN REVIEW: Edward Small's 'Texas Rangers,' With George Montgomery as Jailbird, Bows at Holiday At the Victoria At the Squire". New York Times. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
7. ^ Jensen, Larry (2018). Hollywood's Railroads: Sierra Railroad. Vol. Two. Sequim, Washington: Cochetopa Press. p. 26\. ISBN 9780692064726.

## External links

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* The Texas Rangers at IMDb

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Films produced by Edward Small

1910-20s|

* Who's Your Neighbor? (1917)
* The Sporting Lover (1926)
* The Cohens and Kellys (1926)
* The Gorilla (1927)
* McFadden's Flats (1927)
* Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath (1928)
* The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris (1928)
* My Man (1928)
* Companionate Marriage (1928)
* Song of Love (1929)

1930s|

* Clancy in Wall Street (1930)
* Igloo (1932)
* I Cover the Waterfront (1933)
* Palooka (1933)
* The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
* Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934)
* Let 'Em Have It (1935)
* Red Salute (1935)
* The Melody Lingers On (1935)
* The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
* The Bride Walks Out (1936)
* We Who Are About to Die (1937)
* Sea Devils (1937)
* New Faces of 1937 (1937)
* Super-Sleuth (1937)
* The Toast of New York (1937)
* The Duke of West Point (1938)
* King of the Turf (1939)
* The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)

1940s|

* My Son, My Son! (1940)
* The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)
* South of Pago Pago (1940)
* Kit Carson (1940)
* International Lady (1941)
* The Corsican Brothers (1941)
* A Gentleman After Dark (1942)
* Twin Beds (1942)
* Miss Annie Rooney (1942)
* Friendly Enemies (1942)
* Up in Mabel's Room (1944)
* Abroad with Two Yanks (1944)
* Brewster's Millions (1945)
* Getting Gertie's Garter (1945)
* Temptation (1946)
* The Return of Monte Cristo (1946)
* T-Men (1947)
* The Black Arrow (1948)
* The Fuller Brush Man (1948)
* Raw Deal (1948)
* Walk a Crooked Mile (1948)
* Black Magic (1949)

1950s|

* Davy Crockett, Indian Scout (1950)
* The Iroquois Trail (1950)
* Valentino (1951)
* Lorna Doone (1951)
* The Texas Rangers (1951)
* Indian Uprising (1952)
* Scandal Sheet (1952)
* The Brigand (1952)
* Cripple Creek (1952)
* Kansas City Confidential (1952)
* The Bandits of Corsica (1953)
* Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953)
* Dragon's Gold (1953)
* Gun Belt (1953)
* The Neanderthal Man (1953)
* 99 River Street (1953)
* Raiders of the Seven Seas (1953)
* Sabre Jet (1953)
* The Steel Lady (1953)
* Wicked Woman (1953)
* Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954)
* Khyber Patrol (1954)
* The Lone Gun (1954)
* Overland Pacific (1954)
* Return to Treasure Island (1954)
* Southwest Passage (1954)
* Down Three Dark Streets (1954)
* New York Confidential (1955)
* The Naked Street (1955)
* Top Gun (1955)
* Comanche (1955)
* Gun Brothers (1956)
* UFO (1956)
* Chicago Confidential (1957)
* 5 Steps to Danger (1957)
* Gun Duel in Durango (1957)
* The Iron Sheriff (1957)
* Monkey on My Back (1957)
* Curse of the Faceless Man (1958)
* Hong Kong Confidential (1958)
* It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
* Toughest Gun in Tombstone (1958)
* Witness for the Prosecution (1958)
* The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake (1959)
* Guns, Girls and Gangsters (1959)
* Inside the Mafia (1959)
* Invisible Invaders (1959)
* Pier 5, Havana (1959)
* Riot in Juvenile Prison (1959)
* Solomon and Sheba (1959)
* Timbuktu (1959) (had name removed from credits)
* Vice Raid (1959)

1960s|

* Cage of Evil (1960)
* A Dog's Best Friend (1960)
* Gunfighters of Abilene (1960)
* The Music Box Kid (1960)
* Noose for a Gunman (1960)
* Oklahoma Territory (1960)
* Three Came to Kill (1960)
* The Walking Target (1960)
* Boy Who Caught a Crook (1961)
* The Cat Burglar (1961)
* Doctor Blood's Coffin (1961)
* Frontier Uprising (1961)
* Five Guns to Tombstone (1961)
* The Flight That Disappeared (1961)
* The Gambler Wore a Gun (1961)
* Gun Fight (1961)
* Mary Had a Little... (1961)
* Operation Bottleneck (1961)
* Police Dog Story (1961)
* Secret of Deep Harbor (1961)
* The Snake Woman (1961)
* Three on a Spree (1961)
* When the Clock Strikes (1961)
* You Have to Run Fast (1961)
* The Greengage Summer (1961)
* Beauty and the Beast (1962)
* The Clown and the Kid (1962)
* Deadly Duo (1962)
* Gun Street (1962)
* Incident in an Alley (1962)
* Jack the Giant Killer (1962)
* Saintly Sinners (1962)
* Tower of London (1962)
* Diary of a Madman (1963)
* Twice Told Tales (1963)
* I'll Take Sweden (1965)
* Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966)
* Frankie and Johnny (1966)
* The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968)
* The File of the Golden Goose (1969)
* The Christine Jorgensen Story (1970)

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Films directed by Phil Karlson

* A Wave, a WAC and a Marine (1944)
* G. I. Honeymoon (1945)
* There Goes Kelly (1945)
* The Shanghai Cobra (1945)
* Live Wires (1946)
* Swing Parade of 1946 (1946)
* Dark Alibi (1946)
* Behind the Mask (1946)
* Bowery Bombshell (1946)
* Wife Wanted (1946)
* Kilroy Was Here (1947)
* Black Gold (1947)
* Louisiana (1947)
* Ladies of the Chorus (1948)
* Rocky (1948)
* Adventures in Silverado (1948)
* Thunderhoof (1948)
* The Big Cat (1949)
* Down Memory Lane (1949)
* The Iroquois Trail (1950)
* Lorna Doone (1951)
* The Texas Rangers (1951)
* Mask of the Avenger (1951)
* Scandal Sheet (1952)
* The Brigand (1952)
* Kansas City Confidential (1952)
* 99 River Street (1953)
* They Rode West (1954)
* Tight Spot (1955)
* Hell's Island (1955)
* 5 Against the House (1955)
* The Phenix City Story (1955)
* The Brothers Rico (1957)
* Gunman's Walk (1958)
* Hell to Eternity (1960)
* Key Witness (1960)
* The Secret Ways (1961)
* The Young Doctors (1961)
* Kid Galahad (1962)
* The Scarface Mob (1962)
* Rampage (1963)
* The Silencers (1966)
* A Time for Killing (1967)
* The Wrecking Crew (1968)
* Hornets' Nest (1970)
* Ben (1972)
* Walking Tall (1973)
* Framed (1975)

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