The Texas Rangers (1951 film)

The Texas Rangers is a 1951 American Western film shot in SuperCinecolor directed by Phil Karlson and starring George Montgomery and Gale Storm.

Plot
Outlaw Sam Bass terrorizes Texas. Johnny Carver and Buff Smith are released from jail by the head of the Texas Rangers to help capture him. The jailbirds appear to be planning a double cross in league with the outlaws, until the big hold-up of a gold train when they play on the Rangers' side.

Cast

 * George Montgomery as Johnny Carver
 * Gale Storm as Helen Fenton
 * Jerome Courtland as Danny Bonner
 * Noah Beery Jr. as Buff Smith
 * William Bishop as Sam Bass
 * John Litel as Major John B. Jones, head of Texas Rangers
 * Douglas Kennedy as Dave Rudabaugh
 * John Dehner as John Wesley Hardin
 * Ian Macdonald as the Sundance Kid
 * John Doucette as Butch Cassidy
 * Jock O'Mahoney as Duke Fisher
 * Charles Trowbridge as Texas Governor (uncredited)

Production
George Montgomery had previously made two Westerns for Edward Small. The film was produced by Small's son Bernard. The railroad scenes were filmed on the Sierra Railroad in Tuolumne County, California.