

1 votes
1940
1h 3m
This one starts differently but, in the end, it is another version of Robert Emmett Tansey's oft-used plot of "employing bad guys as good guys to help the good-good guys capture the bad-bad guys." The warden of the Desert Wells Penitentiary asks Tex Reed and Slim to check the series of bank robberies which have been committed by escaped convicts. Lockwood, head of an opposing political machine, is behind the escapes and robberies, and the escapes are being planned by Red, a convict. Tex trails the next escapee but the hang shoots the man before Tex can question him. Jimmy, brother of Tex's girl friend Mary, is set up, by the gang, to be killed while robbing a bank by Carter who will collect a reward for shooting him. Jimmy is wounded but not killed and Tex arrests him to keep him safe. The gang now wants to get rid of Tex, so they send Red, dressed as a prison guard, with a fake message from the Warden for Tex.
Directed by Albert Herman

Tex Ritter
Tex ReedWhite Flash
Tex's Horse
Cal Shrum
Cal Shrum
Slim Andrews
Slim Hunkapillar
Virginia Carpenter
Mary Gray
Eddie Dean
Sheriff Eddie Dean
Jack Rutherford
Carter
Minta Durfee
Josie HunkapillarWalt Shrum
Henchman Smokey
I. Stanford Jolley
RedCharles R. Phipps
Uncle Jim
Harry Harvey
Lockwood
Olin Francis
MarshalRusty Cline
Rhythm Rangers Bass PlayerGene Haas
Band MemberTony Fiore
Rhythm Rangers MusicianJack Williams
Band MemberRobert Hoag
Rhythm Rangers MusicianHal Blair
Band Member
Gene Alsace
HenchmanStatus
Released
Release date
December 30, 1940
Budget
—
Revenue
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Language
English