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Rollin' Home to Texas
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Rollin' Home to Texas

1940-12-30 · 63 min · ★ 9.0

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.

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Directors
Albert Herman
Production companies
Edward F. Finney Productions
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Tex RitterTex RitterTex Reed
White FlashTex's Horse
Cal ShrumCal ShrumCal Shrum
Slim AndrewsSlim AndrewsSlim Hunkapillar
Virginia CarpenterVirginia CarpenterMary Gray
Eddie DeanEddie DeanSheriff Eddie Dean
Jack RutherfordJack RutherfordCarter
Minta DurfeeMinta DurfeeJosie Hunkapillar
Walt ShrumHenchman Smokey
I. Stanford JolleyI. Stanford JolleyRed
Charles R. PhippsUncle Jim
Harry HarveyHarry HarveyLockwood
Olin FrancisOlin FrancisMarshal
Rusty ClineRhythm Rangers Bass Player
Gene HaasBand Member
Tony FioreRhythm Rangers Musician
Jack WilliamsBand Member
Robert HoagRhythm Rangers Musician
Hal Blair Band Member
Gene AlsaceGene AlsaceHenchman

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