Take Me Back to Oklahoma (1940)
TEX DRIVES THE MAIL STAGE...THROUGH WILD KILLER COUNTRY!
Storm is out to wreck Ace's stage line. When Tex arrives to help Ace, Storm brings in hired killer Mule Bates. But Tex and Bates know each other and the two devise a plan to fool Storm.
- Date of release
- 1940-11-11
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 57m
- Genres
- Western, Music
- Director
- Albert Herman
Casting
- Tex Ritter — Tex Lawton
- Bob Wills — Bob Wills
- Slim Andrews — Slim Hunkapillar
- Terry Walker — Jane Winters
- Robert McKenzie — Deacon Ames
- Karl Hackett — Storm
- Carleton Young — Ace Hutchinson
- Donald Curtis — Henchman Snapper
- Gene Alsace — Henchman Red
- Olin Francis — Mule Bates
- George Eldredge — Sheriff
- Johnny Lee Wills — Texas Playboy
Interesting facts
Take Me Back to Oklahoma is a 1940 American Western film directed by Albert Herman and starring Tex Ritter, Karl Hackett and Bob Wills.
Production
Music for the film was done by Bob Willis along with part of the Texas Playboys. His 1940 trip to Hollywood for the film introduced his music to the West Coast. The film worked Willis and the Playboys into the cast as part of the film. Most of the band remained in Tulsa as the contract was for a small string band, but he returned to Hollywood in 1941 with the entire band to film Go West, Young Lady.
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