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Rollin' Home to Texas

0 %|Dec 30, 1940|Western

This one starts differently but, in the end, it is another version of Robert Emmett Tansey's oft-used plot of "employing bad guys as good guys to help the good-good guys capture the bad-bad guys." The warden of the Desert Wells Penitentiary asks Tex Reed and Slim to check the series of bank robberies which have been committed by escaped convicts. Lockwood, head of an opposing political machine, is behind the escapes and robberies, and the escapes are being planned by Red, a convict. Tex trails the next escapee but the hang shoots the man before Tex can question him. Jimmy, brother of Tex's girl friend Mary, is set up, by the gang, to be killed while robbing a bank by Carter who will collect a reward for shooting him. Jimmy is wounded but not killed and Tex arrests him to keep him safe. The gang now wants to get rid of Tex, so they send Red, dressed as a prison guard, with a fake message from the Warden for Tex.

Featured Crew

Robert Emmett Tansey
Screenplay
Albert Herman
Director

Cast

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Tex Ritter
Tex Reed
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White Flash
Tex's Horse
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Cal Shrum
Cal Shrum
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Slim Andrews
Slim Hunkapillar
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Eddie Dean
Sheriff Eddie Dean
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Minta Durfee
Josie Hunkapillar
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Walt Shrum
Henchman Smokey
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Harry Harvey
Lockwood
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Rusty Cline
Rhythm Rangers Bass Player
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Gene Haas
Band Member
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Tony Fiore
Rhythm Rangers Musician
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Jack Williams
Band Member
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Robert Hoag
Rhythm Rangers Musician
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Hal Blair
Band Member
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Gene Alsace
Henchman