The Renegade Ranger

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George O'Brien in The Renegade Ranger (1938)

Texas Ranger Jack Steele is assigned to bring in former ranch owner Judith Alvarez, now the leader of a gang who is waging war against the crooked government officials who cheated the ranche... Read allTexas Ranger Jack Steele is assigned to bring in former ranch owner Judith Alvarez, now the leader of a gang who is waging war against the crooked government officials who cheated the ranchers out of their land.Texas Ranger Jack Steele is assigned to bring in former ranch owner Judith Alvarez, now the leader of a gang who is waging war against the crooked government officials who cheated the ranchers out of their land.

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George O'Brien

Captain Jack Steele

Rita Hayworth

Judith Alvarez

Tim Holt

Larry Corwin

Ray Whitley

Happy

Lucio Villegas

Don Juan Campielo

William Royle

Ben Sanderson

Cecilia Callejo

Toñia Campielo

Neal Hart

Sheriff Joe Rawlings

Monte Montague

Monte

Bob Kortman

Idaho
(as Robert Kortman)

Charles Stevens

Manuel

Jim Mason

Hank
(as James Mason)

Tom London

Hank Bell

Barfly
(uncredited)

Alfredo Berumen

Alvarez Rider
(uncredited)

Bob Burns

Trial Spectator
(uncredited)

Ken Card

Banjo PLayer
(uncredited)

Art Dillard

Fighter in Saloon
(uncredited)

Director
- David Howard
Writers
- Oliver Drake
- Bennett Cohen
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Trivia
A four-minute-long scene near the end of this film is an exact copy - line-for-line and shot-for-shot - of a scene in Tim Holt's Come on Danger (1942). It begins with the hero and two sidekicks listening outside a window as the villain discusses murdering the heroine, followed by a fight in which the villain's cook comes out of the kitchen and disrupts the fight by cutting the rope that holds up a suspended wagon-wheel chandelier. In "Come on Danger" the hero is Holt and his sidekicks are Ray Whitley and Lee 'Lasses' White. In this film the hero is George O'Brien, and his sidekicks are Whitley (again) and none other than Holt. In both versions, Holt pretends to be injured and staggers past two guards, then he falls over while his two companions jump the distracted guards.

Goofs
When Jack is dunking Larry in the water trough after the fight at the beginning, the amount of water on Larry's shirt changes between shots.

Quotes
Captain Jack Steele: You were right about Sanderson being a big man in this town, Happy.
Happy: He's a plenty tough hombre too, if you ask me. I don't blame that old rancher for what he said and done.
Captain Jack Steele: You know, Sanderson doesn't appeal to me anymore than he does to you; but, he's probably acting within his rights. You know, the law makes us do a lot of unpleasant things sometimes. Like going after this Alvarez girl.

Connections
Featured in Dark Age (1987)

Soundtracks
Señorita
(1934) (uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by Albert Hay Malotte
Performed by an unidentified guitarist in the Pecos City Bar

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6/10

A decent B-western

While the plot idea of having an evil rich boss trying to control everything out west is one of the most common themes in westerns, "The Renegade Ranger" manages to take a worn cliché of a plot and make it mildly interesting. Mind you, this is a B-movie and to really appreciate it, you should remember that it has a very modest budget and modest cast--and they did pretty well with these constraints.

The film stars a big western star of the day, the all but forgotten George O'Brien as well as an up and coming star, Tim Holt. It also offers a very rare chance to see a very young Rita Hayworth before she was reinvented by Columbia Pictures boss Harry Cohn. What I mean by this is that Cohn envisioned her as a big star and had her makeup, hair and even hairline altered to create a much more glamorous image. Here in "The Renegade Ranger", although she's pretty, she isn't yet the stunner she'd soon become.

As far as the plot goes, the only way this really differs from the 101231092312 other westerns with evil boss-men is that the leader of the opposition is a lady (Hayworth) and an ex-Ranger (Holt) is working both sides of the fence during the picture! So why, if it's so familiar do I recommend it? Well, the acting. The three leads were a good bit better than usual for such a film and they managed to carry it off--making the acting seem more natural than usual. Worth your time.