King of the Texas Rangers

King of the Texas Rangers
Directed by
Written by
Produced byHiram S. Brown Jr.
Starring
CinematographyReggie Lanning
Production
company
Distributed byRepublic Pictures
Release date
  • October 4, 1941 (1941-10-04) (U.S. serial)[1]
Running time
  • 12 chapters (215 minutes) (serial)[1]
  • 6 26½-minute episodes (TV)[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$138,536 (negative cost: $139,701)[1]

King of the Texas Rangers (1941) is a Republic film serial.[2] Set in the years prior to America entering World War II, the plot is slightly anachronistic in that the serial features a mix of period western and modern elements, which was not unknown in the B-Western films also produced by Republic.[3] Although the serial's plot involves cowboys battling Axis agents in Texas, Nazis are never named as such, but their presence is strongly implied within the serial.[4][a]

  1. ^ a b c d Mathis 1995, pp. 3, 10, 56–57.
  2. ^ Rainey 2010, p. 135.
  3. ^ Weiss and Goodgold 1973, p. 188.
  4. ^ Blake, Jerry. "Review: 'King of the Texas Rangers'." Files of Jerry Blake, February 26, 2014. Retrieved: July 12, 2109.
  5. ^ Harmon and Glut 1973, p. 283.
  6. ^ Cline 1984, p. 23.


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