RIDERS OF THE ROCKIES (1937) Tex Ritter, Louise Stanley & Horace Murphy | Western | B&W

Riders of the Rockies is a 1937 American Western film directed by Robert North Bradbury and written by Robert Emmett Tansey and Norman Leslie. The film stars Tex Ritter, Louise Stanley, Horace Murphy, Snub Pollard, Earl Dwire and Charles King. The film was released on July 2, 1937, by Grand National Films Inc.

SYNOPSIS
Tex and his pals join the Rangers to fight rustlers along the border. When Doc and Pee Wee get framed for rustling and then jailed, Tex deserts the Rangers, crosses the border, and joins up with the outlaw gang hoping somehow to clear his pals.

Arizona Rangers Tex Rand, Doc Thornton and Pee Wee McDougal are posted to the border post at Desert Wells to combat a group of rustlers taking cattle across the Mexican border. The rustlers manage to falsely implicate the three for being in cahoots with the rustlers, leading to their arrest. Tex and the others break jail to team up with the Ruraless to bring justice to both nations.

CAST & CREW
Tex Ritter as Tex Rand
Louise Stanley as Louise Rogers
Horace Murphy as Doc Thornton
Snub Pollard as Pee Wee McDougall
Earl Dwire as Jeff Jeffries
Charles King as Butch Regan
Yakima Canutt as Sergeant Beef
Martin Garralaga as Captain Mendoza
Jack Rockwell as Captain Reyes

Directed by Robert North Bradbury
Screenplay by Robert Emmett Tansey, Norman Leslie
Produced by Lindsley Parsons
Cinematography Gus Peterson
Edited by Fred Bain
Music by Frank Sanucci
Production companies Boots and Saddles Pictures
Distributed by Grand National Films
Release date July 2, 1937
Running time 56 minutes
Country United States
Language English

NOTES
Despite the song and title, the film takes place on the Arizona/Mexico border and not the Rockies.