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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 Buffalo Roam (1938, B&W): Investigating a notorious gang of buffalo 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 himseIf appointed marshaI by boss Foster who is accustomed to having the Iaw in his pocket. When Tex starts cleaning up the town for real, Foster launches an aII-out shooting war.BeautifulIy fiImed on location in Lone Pine CaIifornia, Where The Buffalo Roam featuresnumerous musicaI interIudes with Louise Massey and The Westerners. Tex is joined by Dave O'Brien and his real-life wife, Dorothy Short, as welI as well-worn heavies CharIes King, John Merton and Richard AIexander (Prince Barin from Flash Gordon).
Starring Tex Ritter, Dorothy Short, Horace Murphy, Peewee Pollard, Dave O'Brien, John Merton, Richard Alexander 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 cattIe rustIing 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 abIe to infiItrate the gang. He Iearns that the outlaws, armed with guns and expIosives, pIan to drive a rustled herd across private ranch lands. When the gang's stoIen cattle pour through a narrow pass in the hills, Tex has only 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 salvaged from aging prints and preserved for posterity. Tex's leading lady in the film, Dorothy Fay, would Iater become his bride in real Iife and the mother of future television star, John Ritter.
Starring Tex Ritter, Horace Murphy, Dorothy Fay, Karl Hackett, CharIes King, Dave O'Brien;Directed by Albert Herman. |
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