King of the Texas Rangers

1941
Approved
3h 35m

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Sammy Baugh and Pauline Moore in King of the Texas Rangers (1941)

When Captain King of the Texas Rangers is murdered by saboteurs, his son, Tom ("Slingin' Sammy Baugh"), a famous football star, leaves college and joins the Texas Rangers himself. Shortly af... Read allWhen Captain King of the Texas Rangers is murdered by saboteurs, his son, Tom ("Slingin' Sammy Baugh"), a famous football star, leaves college and joins the Texas Rangers himself. Shortly after, Tom is given the mission of avenging his father's death and defeating the foreign age... Read allWhen Captain King of the Texas Rangers is murdered by saboteurs, his son, Tom ("Slingin' Sammy Baugh"), a famous football star, leaves college and joins the Texas Rangers himself. Shortly after, Tom is given the mission of avenging his father's death and defeating the foreign agents. John Barton (Neil Hamilton), supposedly a respectable citizen, works with "His Excell... Read all

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7.2/10

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Trivia
Writers assignments (from Republic Pictures Corp. files): Norman S. Hall--Chapters 1 and 6. Joseph F. Poland--Chapters 2, 7 and 11. William Lively--Chapters 3 and 8, Ronald Davidson--Chapters 4, 9 and 12. Joseph O'Donnell--Chapters 5 and 10. This order is also the writers' order as seem on the film (minus the chapter assignments.)

Goofs
In Chapter 10, when King is on the side of the truck, he is wrestling through the window with the driver with both hands, but the long shots has one of his arms flailing as if he is hitting him.

Connections
Featured in Hills of Oklahoma (1950)

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6/10

Modern Western with WWII Overtones

A cynic might say this is King of the Royal Mounted in the Texas oil fields, but it has its own atmosphere. Sammy Baugh does not attempt to overstep either his role or his acting ability and comes across as well as any of Republic's western stars. He is surrounded by pros, especially the bad guys, and has the ever popular Duncan Renaldo as a right hand man. There is an ample mixture of horses, roadsters, l930s air planes, speedboats, even a Zeppelin and a heroine who is her own man, a professional working girl, a trait for which Republic's B action movies are only now receiving credit. As with many other Republic westerns and serials, the soundtrack music rang in my head all these years and was just as I remembered it.The trick is to tell the Fords, GM and Chryslers apart.