Lone Texas Ranger

Lone Texas Ranger (1945)

DANGEROUS CRIMINALS ON-THE-LOOSE...Thrill to the excitement...the action!...the pulse-pounding adventure!....when Red Ryder takes to their trail!

"Iron Mike" Haines (Tom Chatterton), a crooked sheriff, and "Hands" Weber (Roy Barcroft), the town blacksmith, are in cahoots and have been robbing stages, silver mines, etc., and framing innocent ranchers and cowhands with their deeds. They set out to rob the stage and frame Red Ryder (Bill Elliott as Wild Bill Elliott) for it, but the plan backfires and the sheriff is killed. The sheriff's son, Tommy (Jack McClendon), arrives home from college and is given his dad's job, not knowing he was a crook, and swears to get the man who killed him. Weber tells Tommy that Red killed his dad and Tommy sets out to get Red.

Date of release
1945-05-20
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (3)
Runtime
56m
Genres
Western
Director
Spencer Gordon Bennet
Collection
Red Ryder Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Lone Texas Ranger is a 1945 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet starring Wild Bill Elliott in the role of Red Ryder and costarring as Little Beaver, actor (Bobby) Robert Blake. It was the eighth of twenty-three Red Ryder feature films that would be produced by Republic Pictures. The picture was shot on the studio's back lot along with outdoor locations at Iverson Ranch, 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Production

Lone Texas Ranger (1945) was based on the characters created in Fred Harman's comic strip, Red Ryder.

The film was premiered in Los Angeles on May 20, 1945 and then opened June 11, 1945. The film was later re-released on July 22, 1949.

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