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  • Return of the Rangers (1943)
  • Approved
    60 min | Western
Return of the Rangers (1943)
Approved
60 min | Western

Texas Rangers Tex Wyatt "Dave O'Brien (I)'), Jim Steele (James Newill) and Panhandle Perkins Guy Wilkerson) are on their way to Custer and, as they ride through the hills, waiting for Jim to finish his song, they save the life of Anne ...See moreTexas Rangers Tex Wyatt "Dave O'Brien (I)'), Jim Steele (James Newill) and Panhandle Perkins Guy Wilkerson) are on their way to Custer and, as they ride through the hills, waiting for Jim to finish his song, they save the life of Anne Miller (Nell O'Day), who is being pursued by rustlers. Not disclosing their identities as Rangers, Jim accepts a job offer on the Miller ranch, while Tex and Panhandle ride on to Custer. Jim and Anne come upon Frank Martin (Glenn Strange), the manager of the Custer Land and Cattle Company, trying to evict a number of old people from their homes. The oldsters are pioneers of the county who had been promised homes for the balance of their lives by the recently-deceased ranch owner. Anne is managing the ranch, pending the arrival of Philip Dobbs (Harry Harvey), the trustee of the estate. Tex, on the way to town, witnesses the hold-up of a buckboard carrying three people; Philip Dobbs, Dr. Robert Vanner Robert Barron) and attorney Bolton (I. Stanford Jolley) Tex fights off the bandits but not before Dobbs has been fatally wounded. Vanner and Bolton accuse Tex of killing Dobbs, and Vanner states that he himself is Dobbs. Tex is jailed, while Vanner, posing as the murdered trustee, makes arrangements to sell the ranch. Things aren't going all that well for the law-and-order crowd until Panhandle, posing as the new Circuit Judge, frees Tex and then issues an order giving Tex and Jim control of the property until the identity of Dobbs/Vanner can be proven from Denver. Written by Les Adams See less
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Director
Writer
Elmer Clifton (story and screenplay)
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Cinematographer
Robert E. Cline (as Robert Cline)
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Oct 26, 1943 (United States)

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23 cast members
Name Known for
Dave O'Brien
Texas Ranger Tex Wyatt (as Dave 'Tex' O'Brien) Texas Ranger Tex Wyatt (as Dave 'Tex' O'Brien)   See fewer
James Newill
Texas Ranger Jim Steele (as Jim Newill) Texas Ranger Jim Steele (as Jim Newill)   See fewer
Guy Wilkerson
Texas Ranger Panhandle Perkins Texas Ranger Panhandle Perkins   See fewer
Nell O'Day
Anne Miller Anne Miller   See fewer
Glenn Strange
Frank Martin Frank Martin   See fewer
Emmett Lynn
Sheriff Summers (as Emmet 'Poppy' Lynn) Sheriff Summers (as Emmet 'Poppy' Lynn)   See fewer
I. Stanford Jolley
Don Bolton Don Bolton   See fewer
Robert Barron
Dr. Robert Vanner Dr. Robert Vanner   See fewer
Henry Hall
Judge Ezra Dean Judge Ezra Dean   See fewer
Harry Harvey
Philip Dobbs Philip Dobbs   See fewer
Richard Alexander
Henchman Sam Kane (uncredited) Henchman Sam Kane (uncredited)   See fewer
Chris Allen
Man with Pipe (uncredited) Man with Pipe (uncredited)   See fewer
Hank Bell
Wagon Driver (uncredited) Wagon Driver (uncredited)   See fewer
Horace B. Carpenter
Townsman (uncredited) Townsman (uncredited)   See fewer
Steve Clark
Bob - Mailman (uncredited) Bob - Mailman (uncredited)   See fewer
Tex Cooper
Old Timer on the Wagon (uncredited) Old Timer on the Wagon (uncredited)   See fewer
Curley Dresden
Townsman Al (uncredited) Townsman Al (uncredited)   See fewer
Art Fowler
Deputy (uncredited) Deputy (uncredited)   See fewer
Herman Hack
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)   See fewer
Charles King
Henchman Bill Thorn (uncredited) Henchman Bill Thorn (uncredited)   See fewer
Rose Plumer
Townswoman (uncredited) Townswoman (uncredited)   See fewer
Art Wenzel
Musician (uncredited) Musician (uncredited)   See fewer
Wally West
Stagecoach Driver (uncredited) Stagecoach Driver (uncredited)   See fewer
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