Gangsters of the Frontier
1944 film by Elmer Clifton
- 22 September 1944 (1944-09-22)
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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 McCarty, Harry Harvey and Betty Miles. The film was released on 22 September 1944, by Producers Releasing Corporation.[1][2][3]
The fifteenth of the Texas Rangers film series, the film is regarded as a metaphor for World War II as a fascist-type gang enslaves a town.[4]
This film was the first of the "Texas Rangers" series to feature Tex Ritter, 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.[2]
Plot
Cast
- Tex Ritter as Tex Haines
- Dave O'Brien as Texas Ranger Dave Wyatt
- Guy Wilkerson as Panhandle Perkins
- Patti McCarty 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)
- Dead or Alive (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)
Notes
- ^ "Gangsters of the Frontier (1944) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ a b Hans J. Wollstein. "Gangsters of the Frontier (1944)". AllMovie. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ "Gangsters of the Frontier". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ 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
External links
- Gangsters of the Frontier at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Gangsters of the Frontier at IMDb
- Gangsters of the Frontier is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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Films directed by Elmer Clifton
- Her Official Fathers (1917)
- The Flame of Youth (1917)
- High Speed (1917)
- The Midnight Man (1917)
- A Stormy Knight (1917)
- Flirting with Death (1917)
- The Man Trap (1917)
- The High Sign (1917)
- The Flash of Fate (1918)
- Brace Up (1918)
- The Two-Soul Woman (1918)
- The Guilt of Silence (1918)
- Smashing Through (1918)
- The Eagle (1918)
- Winner Takes All (1918)
- Battling Jane (1918)
- Kiss or Kill (1918)
- The Hope Chest (1918)
- Boots (1919)
- Peppy Polly (1919)
- I'll Get Him Yet (1919)
- Nugget Nell (1919)
- Nobody Home (1919)
- Turning the Tables (1919)
- Mary Ellen Comes to Town (1920)
- Down to the Sea in Ships (1922)
- Six Cylinder Love (1923)
- The Warrens of Virginia (1924)
- Daughters of the Night (1924)
- Wives at Auction (1926)
- The Virgin Wife (1926)
- The Truth About Men (1926)
- The Wreck of the Hesperus (1927)
- Let 'Er Go Gallegher (1928)
- Beautiful But Dumb (1928)
- Virgin Lips (1928)
- Tropical Nights (1928)
- The Bride of the Colorado (1928)
- The Devil's Apple Tree (1929)
- Maid to Order (1931)
- Pals of the Range (1935)
- Cyclone of the Saddle (1935)
- Fighting Caballero (1935)
- Captured in Chinatown (1935)
- Rough Riding Ranger (1935)
- Rip Roaring Riley (1935)
- Skull and Crown (1935)
- Custer's Last Stand (1936, serial)
- Wolves of the Sea (1936)
- Wildcat Trooper (1936)
- Gambling with Souls (1936)
- Ten Laps to Go (1936)
- Death in the Air (1937)
- Mile-a-Minute-Love (1937)
- Slaves in Bondage (1937)
- Assassin of Youth (1937)
- The Secret of Treasure Island (1938, serial)
- Paroled from the Big House (1938)
- The Stranger from Arizona (1938)
- Law of the Texan (1938)
- California Frontier (1938)
- Crashing Thru (1939)
- Isle of Destiny (1940)
- City of Missing Girls (1941)
- I'll Sell My Life (1941)
- Hard Guy (1941)
- Swamp Woman (1941)
- Deep in the Heart of Texas (1942)
- The Old Chisholm Trail (1942)
- The Sundown Kid (1942)
- The Blocked Trail (1943)
- Days of Old Cheyenne (1943)
- Frontier Law (1943)
- The Return of the Rangers (1943)
- Boss of Rawhide (1943)
- Captain America (1944, serial)
- Guns of the Law (1944)
- The Pinto Bandit (1944)
- Spook Town (1944)
- Seven Doors to Death (1944)
- Gangsters of the Frontier (1944)
- Youth Aflame (1944)
- Dead or Alive (1944)
- The Whispering Skull (1944)
- Marked for Murder (1945)
- Swing, Cowboy, Swing (1946)
- The Judge (1949)
- Not Wanted (1949)
- Red Rock Outlaw (1949)
- The Silver Bandit (1950)
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