The Rangers Ride(1948)

Name: The Rangers Ride
Director: Derwin Abrahams
Genre: Western
Released: 1948-01-01
Duration: 56 min
Cast: Jimmy Wakely, Dub Taylor, Virginia Belmont, Riley Hill, Marshall Reed

Jimmy Wakely Dub Taylor Virginia Belmont Riley Hill Marshall Reed

After the Texas Rangers are disbanded, the the reconstruction years following the Civil War, a private state-police force extorts money from the citizens in a "protection" scheme. Ex-Rangers Jimmy Wakely and "Cannonball" Taylor foil an arrest by state-police officers Hamon and Kelly. Commissioner Jed Brant tells his nephew that his old friend Jimmy is plotting against the law-and-order forces. Vic's fiancée and ranch-owner, Sheila Carol, refuses to sign up with the crooked police outfit, and believes Jimmy is an outlaw. On Chief Barton's order, Hamon shoots ex-Rangers Murphy and Payson, so they can be blamed for a raid on Sheila's ranch.