The Texas Rangers

The Texas Rangers (1936)

SEE The wild Indian war dance, the great pitched battle of Rangers and Comanches! SEE The roaring revel in the frontier "Pleasure Palace" at Eldorado! SEE the heart-touching scenes of romance and thrilling drama!

Two down-on-their-luck former outlaws volunteer to be Texas Rangers and find themselves assigned to bring in an old friend, now a notorious outlaw.

Date of release
1936-08-28
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (22)
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
Western
Director
King Vidor

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: New Mexico
  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

The Texas Rangers is a 1936 American Western film directed by King Vidor and starring Fred MacMurray and Jack Oakie. The picture was nominated for Best Sound Recording at the 9th Academy Awards. The film was inspired by incidents from Walter Prescott Webb's 1935 history book The Texas Rangers, A Century of Frontier Defense but filmed in New Mexico.

Production

The film had outdoor scenes shot in and around Española, New Mexico, along the Chili Line railroad with a Denver and Rio Grande locomotive redecorated to resemble its 1890 appearance and labelled as "Old Montezuma D&RG No. 1" for the occasion.

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