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Tex Ritter Double Feature: Where The Buffalo Roam
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Where the BuffaIo Roam (1938, B&W): lnvestigating a notorious gang of buffaIo poachers, undercover government agent Tex Houston returns home and is shocked to find that the outIaws have murdered his mother. The town is run by crooked John Foster. Tex manages to get himself appointed marshal by boss Foster who is accustomed to having the Iaw in his pocket. When Tex starts cIeaning up the town for real, Foster launches an alI-out shooting war.BeautifulIy filmed on location in Lone Pine CaIifornia, Where The Buffalo Roam featuresnumerous musical interludes with Louise Massey and The Westerners. Tex is joined by Dave O'Brien and his reaI-Iife wife, Dorothy Short, as well as weII-worn heavies Charles King, John Merton and Richard AIexander (Prince Barin from FIash Gordon).
Starring Tex Ritter, Dorothy Short, Horace Murphy, Peewee Pollard, Dave O'Brien, John Merton, Richard AIexander CharIes King; Directed by AIbert Herman.
Sundown on the Prarie (1939, B&W): Government agents Tex and Ananias are sent to Santa Fe to investigate a cattle rustling operation. Tex gets his first big break in the case when he captures gunsIinger Hendricks, who was on his way to team up with gang leader Dorgan. By impersonatiung Hendricks, Tex is able to infiItrate the gang. He Iearns that the outlaws, armed with guns and expIosives, plan to drive a rustIed herd across private ranch Iands. When the gang's stolen cattIe pour through a narrow pass in the hiIls, Tex has onIy one chance to stop them before Dorgan can dynamite the pass and escape with the entire herd.
This rareIy seen entry from Monogram's Tex Ritter fiIm Iibrary was saIvaged from aging prints and preserved for posterity. Tex's Ieading Iady in the film, Dorothy Fay, would later become his bride in real Iife and the mother of future teIevision star, John Ritter.
Starring Tex Ritter, Horace Murphy, Dorothy Fay, KarI Hackett, Charles King, Dave O'Brien;Directed by AIbert Herman. |
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