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The Texas Rangers

Play trailer Poster for The Texas Rangers 1936,  1h 35m,  Western Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 79% 14 Reviews Tomatometer 72% 250+ Ratings Popcornmeter
79% Tomatometer 14 Reviews 72% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
With the law hot on their trail, three bandits, Jim (Fred MacMurray), Wahoo (Jack Oakie) and Sam (Lloyd Nolan), split up, with Jim and Wahoo joining the Texas Rangers. When Sam rejoins them, they agree to use their insider information as Rangers to rustle cattle, but Jim and Wahoo are distracted by an attack on a group of homesteaders. Pleased when he saves a young orphan boy, Jim then participates in staving off another crucial attack, which prompts him to reconsider resuming his criminal ways.

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Herb Schoenfeld Variety Apr 24, 2020
What appears to have been intended as an epic of the Southwest is just a fancy boss opry. Go to Full Review
John T. McManus New York Times Apr 24, 2020
Things continued to happen in accord with one of the screen's most archaic formulas. Go to Full Review
TIME Staff TIME Magazine Apr 24, 2020
[Audiences] are likely to excuse the picture for its pardonable bias on the grounds of an entertainment value enhanced by King Vidor's vigorous treatment of a story largely concocted by himself, brilliant photography by Cameraman Eddie Cronjager. Go to Full Review
Ann Ross Maclean's Magazine Apr 24, 2020
I don't know when I've seen so much action, or watched the boys having a better time. Go to Full Review
James T. Hamada The Nippu Jiji (Honolulu) Apr 24, 2020
The Texas Rangers is proof positive that westerns can be made into superlative entertainment if produced on a large scale with a good cast. Go to Full Review
Josephine O'Neill Daily Telegraph (Australia) Apr 24, 2020
Over-long in some of its documentary passages, and annoyingly interrupted by the unnecessary romance between MacMurray and Jean Parker, The Texas Rangers is, on the whole, a winner. Go to Full Review
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Finn R Mar 31, 2013 Big-budget Paramount western.
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Cast & Crew

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King Vidor

Director

Fred MacMurray

Jim Hawkins

Jack Oakie

Henry B. "Wahoo" Jones

Jean Parker

Amanda Bailey

Lloyd Nolan

Sam "Polka Dot" McGee

Edward Ellis

Major Bailey

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The Texas Rangers

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Movie Info

Synopsis With the law hot on their trail, three bandits, Jim (Fred MacMurray), Wahoo (Jack Oakie) and Sam (Lloyd Nolan), split up, with Jim and Wahoo joining the Texas Rangers. When Sam rejoins them, they agree to use their insider information as Rangers to rustle cattle, but Jim and Wahoo are distracted by an attack on a group of homesteaders. Pleased when he saves a young orphan boy, Jim then participates in staving off another crucial attack, which prompts him to reconsider resuming his criminal ways.
Director
King Vidor
Production Co
Paramount Pictures
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
May 22, 2017
Runtime
1h 35m
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