THE ROUGH RIDERS, DOWN TEXAS WAY (1942) Buck Jones, Tim McCoy & Raymond Hatton | Western | B&W

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Down Texas Way is a 1942 American Western film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by Adele Buffington. This is the sixth film in Monogram Pictures' Rough Riders series, and stars Buck Jones as Marshal Buck Roberts, Tim McCoy as Marshal Tim McCall and Raymond Hatton as Marshal Sandy Hopkins, with Luana Walters, Dave O'Brien and Lois Austin. The film was released on May 22, 1942, by Monogram Pictures. It was the sixth of the studio's Rough Riders film series.

Synopsis

The sixth film of Monogram's eight-film series, "The Rough Riders," has U. S. Marshals Buck Roberts (Buck Jones) and Tim McCall (Tim McCoy) coming to a Texas town to visit their friend, U. S. Marshal Sandy Hopkins (Raymond Hatton), only to learn that he has disappeared, and is suspected of the murder of John Dodge (Jack Daley), owner of practically the whole town, except the hotel Sandy owns and runs when he isn't on an assignment as a Marshal. The murder has been committed by the henchmen of Bart Logan (Harry Woods), who intends to take over the dead man's property and whose men are holding Sandy prisoner to make it appear that he fled after arguing with and killing Dodge. Just before the murder, Logan sent a letter to Dodge with the news that the latter's long-missing wife is returning, and in a short while, Stella (Lois Austin), a Logan accomplice, arrives posing as the missing Ann Dodge, thus establishing her right to the Dodge property. Sandy, allowed to escape, returns unsuspectingly to town and is jailed by Sheriff Trump (Glenn Strange). Mary (Luana Walters), Sandy's niece, appeals for help to Dave Dodge (Dave O'Brien), the murdered man's son, who doesn't know his mother since she left when he was a baby. Meanwhile, Tim has taken charge of the town under his authority as a U.S. Marshal, and Buck, pretending to be a fugitive criminal, has worked his way into the Logan gang. Locating a photograph of the real Mrs. Dodge, he confronts Logan with the picture, who confesses the plot. Buck immediately arrests the whole gang, but Logan escapes. Dave traps him in an old mine, where he is captured by Buck and Tim.

Cast & Crew

Buck Jones as Buck Roberts
Tim McCoy as Tim McCall
Raymond Hatton as Sandy Hopkins
Luana Walters as Mary Hopkins
Dave O'Brien as Dave Dodge
Lois Austin as Stella
Glenn Strange as Sheriff Trump
Harry Woods as Bert Logan
Tom London as Pete
John Merton as Steve
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Directed by: Howard Bretherton
Screenplay by: Adele Buffington
Produced by: Scott R. Dunlap
Cinematography: Harry Neumann
Edited by: Carl Pierson
Music by: Frank Sanucci
Production Company: Monogram Pictures
Distributed by: Monogram Pictures
Release Date: May 22, 1942
Running Time: 57 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English