''Texas Rangers Ride Again'' is a 1940 American

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film directed by James P. Hogan, written by William R. Lipman and

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, and starring Ellen Drew,

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, and

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. It was released on December 13, 1940, by

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. It was a sequel to '' The Texas Rangers''.

Plot

Ellen Dangerfield returns to her grandparents' ranch in Texas after a 10-year absence when her widowed grandmother Cecilia Dangerfield loses 3000 head of cattle to rustlers. Fed up with her grandson Carter's unwillingness to track down the thieves, Cecilia appeals to her old beau, Ben Caldwalder, of the Texas Rangers, for help. To infiltrate the rustlers, Ranger Jim Kingston poses as an outlaw known as the Pecos Kid, and is hired by Joe Yuma, who owns the packing company. There, Jim learns that Joe has been slaughtering Dangerfield cattle and disposing their carcasses in a lime pit. With his partner, Mace Townsley, Jim sets out to learn who else is involved in the syndicate. When Palo Pete, one of Yuma's henchmen, tries to frame Jim for the murder of ranch hand Jake Porter, Ellen returns to her tomboyish ways and takes up her rifle to defend the ranch hands. That night, Yuma and his men slaughter more cattle on the ranch, and after dismantling their operation, take a convoy of trucks to the Portos Packing Company. Mace manages to send a message to the Rangers, and they apprehend Carter, who has been involved with the rustlers all along. Jim returns to the ranch to get Carter's address book when Yuma and his men attack the Dangerfield house. As Ellen, Jim, Ben, and Cecilia return the rustlers' fire, the Dangerfields' Mexican servant, Mio Pio, risks his life to get more ammunition. After the Rangers arrive to apprehend the rustlers, Jim and Ellen plan to wed and Ben orders Cecilia to marry him.

Cast

* Ellen Drew as Ellen 'Slats' Dangerfield *

as Jim Kingston *

as Mio Pio *

as Cecilia Dangerfield *

as Mace Townsley *

as Ben Caldwalder *

as Carter Dangerfield * William Duncan as Capt. Inglis *

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as Joe Yuma * Harvey Stephens as Ranger Blair * Eva Puig as Maria * Harold Goodwin as Ranger Comstock *

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as Palo Pete * Eddie Foy, Jr. as Mandolin *

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as Johnson *

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as High Boots *

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as Pablo Slide Along

References

External links

* 1940 films American black-and-white films 1940s English-language films Paramount Pictures films American Western (genre) films 1940 Western (genre) films Films directed by James Patrick Hogan 1940s American films Contemporary Western films English-language Western (genre) films {{1940s-US-Western-film-stub