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67% Critic Match
Lone Texas Ranger
“DANGEROUS CRIMINALS ON-THE-LOOSE...Thrill to the excitement...the action!...the pulse-pounding adventure!....when Red Ryder takes to their trail!”
6.7 / 10• 1945• 56m•NR• English
Western
Storyline
"Iron Mike" Haines (Tom Chatterton), a crooked sheriff, and "Hands" Weber (Roy Barcroft), the town blacksmith, are in cahoots and have been robbing stages, silver mines, etc., and framing innocent ranchers and cowhands with their deeds. They set out to rob the stage and frame Red Ryder (Bill Elliott as Wild Bill Elliott) for it, but the plan backfires and the sheriff is killed. The sheriff's son, Tommy (Jack McClendon), arrives home from college and is given his dad's job, not knowing he was a crook, and swears to get the man who killed him. Weber tells Tommy that Red killed his dad and Tommy sets out to get Red.
Cast & Crew
Bill Elliott
Red Ryder
Lead
Robert Blake
Little Beaver
Alice Fleming
The Duchess, Red's Aunt
Tom Chatterton
Sheriff Iron Mike Haines
Roy Barcroft
Hands Weber
Helen Talbot
Sally Carter
JM
Jack McClendon
Tommy Haines
Rex Lease
Henchman Whitey
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Spencer Gordon Bennet's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Lone Texas Ranger is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
