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Riders of the Frontier (1939)
The Rancho Grande, a Texas border ranch, cut off from the law by a gang of outlaws led by ranch foreman Bart Lane, who is holding the elderly owner of the ranch, Sarah Burton, a prisoner. Tex Lowery, an undercover Texas Ranger, rescues Martha Williams, a nurse sent for by the ailing Sarah, from a stagecoach holdup by Lane's henchmen. He later convinces Laner that he is a wanted outlaw named Ed Carter, and gains entry to Rancho Grande. But the real Ed Carter shows up.
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The Rancho Grande, a Texas border ranch, cut off from the law by a gang of outlaws led by ranch foreman Bart Lane, who is holding the elderly owner of the ranch, Sarah Burton, a prisoner. Tex Lowery, an undercover Texas Ranger, rescues Martha Williams, a nurse sent for by the ailing Sarah, from a stagecoach holdup by Lane's henchmen. He later convinces Laner that he is a wanted outlaw named Ed Carter, and gains entry to Rancho Grande. But the real Ed Carter shows up.
Rating:NR
Genre:Action, Western, Music
Written By:Jesse Duffy, Joseph Levering
In Theaters:8/15/1939
Box Office:
Runtime:58 minutes
Studio:Edward F. Finney Productions
Cast
Spencer Gordon Bennet
Director
Tex Ritter
Tex Lowry posing as Ed Carter
White Flash
Tex's Horse
Jack Rutherford
Bart Lane
Hal Taliaferro
Henchman Buck
Olin Francis
Henchman Sam
Nolan Willis
Henchman Gus
Roy Barcroft
Outlaw Ed Carter
Merrill McCormick
Henchman Boney
Mantan Moreland
Chappie, the Cook
Bruce Mitchell
Marshal Bob
Jean Joyce
Martha Williams
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