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

Plot

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.

The Texas Rangers (1951 film)

Cast

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)

The Texas Rangers (1951 film)

Production

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

The Texas Rangers (1951 film)

See also

List of American films of 1951

References

External links

1951 films

American Western (genre) films

1951 Western (genre) films

Films directed by Phil Karlson

Columbia Pictures films

Films about the Texas Ranger Division

Films adapted into comics

Films produced by Edward Small

Cultural depictions of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

American black-and-white films

Cinecolor films

1950s English-language films

1950s American films

Films with screenplays by Richard Schayer

Films shot in California

English-language Western (genre) films