Tex Granger | |
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Poster of chapter 10 (Midnight Ambush)
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Directed by | Derwin Abrahams |
Produced by | Sam Katzman |
Written by |
Lewis Clay Royal K. Cole Harry L. Fraser Arthur Hoerl George H. Plympton |
Starring |
Robert Kellard Peggy Stewart Robert 'Buzz' Henry Smith Ballew Jack Ingram I. Stanford Jolley |
Music by | Mischa Bakaleinikoff |
Cinematography | Ira H. Morgan |
Edited by | Earl Turner |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date
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Running time
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15 chapters (270 minutes) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Tex Granger is a 1948 Columbia movie serial featuring the title character as a masked cowboy referred to as The Midnight Rider of the Plains in the serial's subtitle. It was based on a character from the comic Calling All Boys while the plot was taken from The Last Frontier (1926), which was itself based on the novel of the same name by Courtney Ryley Cooper. Tex Granger was the 36th of the 57 serials released by Columbia.
When Tex Granger rides into Three Buttes, Helen Kent persuades him to buy the local newspaper. However, loan shark Rance Carson appoints the bandit Blaze Talbot as town marshal to act as his enforcer and soon the town is in chaos. With fighting between rival gangs, Tex dons a mask to become The Midnight Rider of the Plains and bring the criminals to justice.
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