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''Gangsters of the Frontier'' (also known as ''Raiders of the Frontier'' in the
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) is a 1944 American
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film written and directed by
Elmer Clifton Elmer Clifton Forsyth (March 14, 1890 – October 15, 1949) was an American director, screenwriter, and actor from the early silent days. Early life Elmer Clifton Forsyth was born in Toronto, Canada, to Cecil Carl Forsyth and Margaret Nicoll ...
. The film stars Dave O'Brien,
Tex Ritter Woodward Maurice "Tex" Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was a pioneer of American country music, a singer, and an actor from the mid-1930s into the 1960s. He was the patriarch of the Ritter acting family (son John Ritter, grandso ...
and Guy Wilkerson, with
Patti McCarty Lois Patricia McCarty (February 11, 1921 - July 7, 1985) was an American actress. Biography Baker was born in Bakersfield, California, and grew up in Healdsburg. She graduated from Covina High School in Covina, California, and she attended ...
, Harry Harvey and Betty Miles. The film was released on 22 September 1944, by
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. The fifteenth of the ''Texas Rangers''
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, the film is regarded as a metaphor for World War II as a fascist-type gang enslaves a town.Loy, R. Philip ''Soldiers in Stetsons: B-Westerns Go to War'' pp.197-205 ''Journal of Popular Film and Television'' Volume 30, Issue 4, 2003 This film was the first of the "Texas Rangers" series to feature
Tex Ritter Woodward Maurice "Tex" Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was a pioneer of American country music, a singer, and an actor from the mid-1930s into the 1960s. He was the patriarch of the Ritter acting family (son John Ritter, grandso ...
, who replaced James Newill after 14 movies. In the film, Tex Ritter sings "Please Remember Me" by Ritter and Robert McGimsey, and "He's Gone Up the Trail" and "Ride, Ranger, Ride" by Tim Spencer.


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Tex Ritter Woodward Maurice "Tex" Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was a pioneer of American country music, a singer, and an actor from the mid-1930s into the 1960s. He was the patriarch of the Ritter acting family (son John Ritter, grandso ...
as Tex Haines * Dave O'Brien as Texas Ranger Dave Wyatt * Guy Wilkerson as Panhandle Perkins *
Patti McCarty Lois Patricia McCarty (February 11, 1921 - July 7, 1985) was an American actress. Biography Baker was born in Bakersfield, California, and grew up in Healdsburg. She graduated from Covina High School in Covina, California, and she attended ...
as Jane Deering * Harry Harvey as Mayor Frank Merritt * Betty Miles as Mrs. Frank Merritt * I. Stanford Jolley as Bart Kern * Marshall Reed as Rad Kern * Charles King as Henchman * Clarke Stevens as Henchman Shade


See also

The Texas Rangers series: # The Rangers Take Over (1942) # Bad Men of Thunder Gap (1943) # West of Texas (1943) # Border Buckaroos (1943) # Fighting Valley (1943) # Trail of Terror (1943) # The Return of the Rangers (1943) # Boss of Rawhide (1943) # Outlaw Roundup (1944) # Guns of the Law (1944) # The Pinto Bandit (1944) # Spook Town (1944) # Brand of the Devil (1944) # Gunsmoke Mesa (1944) # Gangsters of the Frontier (1944) #
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(1944) # The Whispering Skull (1944) # Marked for Murder (1945) # Enemy of the Law (1945) # Three in the Saddle (1945) # Frontier Fugitives (1945) # Flaming Bullets (1945)


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* * * 1944 films 1940s English-language films Films directed by Elmer Clifton American black-and-white films 1944 Western (genre) films Producers Releasing Corporation films American Western (genre) films 1940s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{1940s-US-Western-film-stub