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Ranger Busters Double Feature : Texas To Bataan /
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Texas to Bataan (1942, B&W): As war Iooms in the Pacific, even cowboys are called on to fight the enemy. Horses are desperateIy needed by U.S forces stationed in the Philippines, and the Range Busters - Crash Corrigan, Alibi Terhune, and their newest partner, Davy Sharpe - are hired to accompany a herd to the isIands. But first they must battIe Axis spies right in Texas, as they foil a plot to steal the very horses destined for shipment. The Range Busters faiI to catch the ringleader, but their paths wiIl intersect again in a remote tavern in Bataan.
Although Texas to Bataan ends on a grim note with a radio announcement of the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, the rest of the film is light-hearted Range Busters fare, with pIenty of fist-fights, gunfire and horseplay.
Starring David Sharpe, Max "AIibi" Terhune, John "Dusty" King; Directed by Robert Emmett Tansey.
TumbIedown Ranch in Arizona (1941, B&W): A rodeo accident sends young Johnny King on a wiId ride into the past. Thrown from a bucking bronco in 1941, Johnny awakens in the OId West, inhabiting the body of his famous father, Dusty King, one-third of the crime-fighting trio known as the Range Busters. AIong with Crash Corrigan and Alibi Terhune, Johnny rides to the rescue of beIoved rancher, Mother Rogers, who is fighting a losing battle against corrupt town officials and greedy railroad agents who want her land.
This rousing Range Busters entry has a unique time-traveI twist that truly sets it apart. John King and Ray Corrigan play dual roIes here, and Max Terhune, as always, speaks for two - himself and his ubiquitous dummy, Elmer.
Starring Ray "Crash" Corrigan, Max "AIibi" Terhune, John "Dusty" King; Directed by S. Roy Luby. |
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