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The Forest Rangers
“Sizzling Adventure...Flaming Romance...Hot as a Forest Fire!”
9.0 / 10• 1942• 1h 27m•NR• English
Drama
Storyline
Ranger Don Stuart fights a forest fire with timber boss friend Tana 'Butch' Mason, and finds evidence of arson. He suspects Twig Dawson but can't prove it. Butch loves Don but he, poor fool, won't notice her as a woman; instead he meets socialite Celia in town and elopes with her. The action plot (Don's pursuit of the fire starter) parallels Tana's comic efforts to scare tenderfoot Celia back to the city.
Cast & Crew
Fred MacMurray
Don Stuart
Lead
Paulette Goddard
Celia Huston Stuart
Susan Hayward
Tana 'Butch' Mason
Lynne Overman
Jammer Jones
Albert Dekker
Twig Dawson
Eugene Pallette
Howard Huston
Regis Toomey
Frank Hatfield
Rod Cameron
Jim Lawrence
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. George Marshall's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
5.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Forest Rangers is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
