''Spook Town'' is a 1944 American
Western
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film written and directed by
Elmer Clifton
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. The film stars
Dave O'Brien,
James Newill and
Guy Wilkerson, with
Mady Lawrence,
Dick Curtis and
Harry Harvey. The film was released on 3 June 1944, by
Producers Releasing Corporation
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Plot
The Texas Rangers investigate a town that's being terrorized by ghosts.
Cast
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Dave O'Brien as Texas Ranger Tex
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James Newill as Texas Ranger Jim
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Guy Wilkerson as Texas Ranger Panhandle
*Mady Lawrence as Lucy Warren
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Dick Curtis as Sam Benson
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Harry Harvey as Drywash Thompson
*Ed Cassidy as Ranger Capt. Wyatt
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Charles King as Trigger
*Robert Barron as Kurt Fabian
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Richard Alexander as Henchman
Soundtrack
*James Newill - "Sleepy Hollow" (Written by Dave O'Brien and James Newill)
*James Newill - "El Lobo" (Written by Dave O'Brien and James Newill)
See also
The Texas Rangers series:
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The Rangers Take Over
''The Rangers Take Over'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Albert Herman and written by Elmer Clifton. The film stars Dave (Tex) O'Brien, Jim Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Iris Meredith and Cal Shrum and his "Rhythm Rangers". The film wa ...
(1942)
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Bad Men of Thunder Gap
''Bad Men of Thunder Gap'' is a 1943 American Western film directed by Albert Herman and written by Elmer Clifton. The film stars Dave O'Brien, James Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Janet Shaw, Jack Ingram and Charles King. The film was released on ...
(1943)
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West of Texas (1943)
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Border Buckaroos (1943)
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Fighting Valley (1943)
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Trail of Terror (1943)
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The Return of the Rangers (1943)
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Boss of Rawhide (1943)
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Outlaw Roundup (1944)
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Guns of the Law (1944)
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The Pinto Bandit (1944)
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Brand of the Devil
''Brand of the Devil'' is a 1944 American Western film written by Elmer Clifton and directed by Harry L. Fraser. The film stars Dave O'Brien, James Newill and Guy Wilkerson, with Ellen Hall, I. Stanford Jolley and Charles King. The film wa ...
(1944)
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Gunsmoke Mesa
''Gunsmoke Mesa'' is a 1944 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and written by Elmer Clifton. The film stars Dave O'Brien, James Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Patti McCarty, Jack Ingram and Kermit Maynard. The film was released on ...
(1944)
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Gangsters of the Frontier
''Gangsters of the Frontier'' (also known as ''Raiders of the Frontier'' in the United Kingdom) is a 1944 American Western film written and directed by Elmer Clifton. The film stars Dave O'Brien, Tex Ritter and Guy Wilkerson, with Patti McCar ...
(1944)
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Dead or Alive
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(1944)
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The Whispering Skull (1944)
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Marked for Murder (1945)
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Enemy of the Law (1945)
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Three in the Saddle (1945)
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Frontier Fugitives (1945)
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Flaming Bullets
''Flaming Bullets'' is a 1945 American Western (genre), Western film written and directed by Harry L. Fraser. The film, the final of PRC's Texas Rangers film series, stars Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien (actor), Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Patricia ...
(1945)
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