Ride Ranger Ride
Ride Ranger Ride is a 1936 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Kay Hughes. Based on a story by Bernard McConville and Karen DeWolf, and a screenplay by Dorrell and Stuart E. McGowan, the film is about a Texas Ranger working undercover to protect an Army wagon train full of ammunition and supplies. The Army doesn't believe him at first, until the Comanche arrive.
Plot
Following the American Civil War the Texas Rangers are disbanded with Texas Ranger Lieutenant Gene Autry (Gene Autry) accepts a commission into the US Army Cavalry who will now police Texas. His men follow him forming a troop. The American Federal Government now wants to make friends with the hostile Comanche, blaming the hot headed Rangers and all other Texans for inciting the Indians.
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author | Dorrell McGowan Stuart E. McGowan |
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director | Joseph Kane Nat Levine |
editor | Lester Orlebeck |
genre | western |
keywords | american civil war army scout arrest barroom brawl civil war federal government george j. lewis governor of texas indian attack kill max terhune monte blue open peace treaty robert homans supply train texas ranger texas ranger division texas rangers troop trooper true identity war paint |
musicBy | Harry Grey |
producer | Nat Levine |
productionCompany | Republic Pictures |
publisher | Republic Pictures |