''Come On, Rangers'' is a 1938 American

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directed by

Joseph Kane Jasper Joseph Inman Kane (March 19, 1894, San Diego – August 25, 1975, Santa Monica, California) was an American film director, film producer, film editor and screenwriter. He is best known for his extensive directorship and focus on Western ...

and starring

Roy Rogers Roy Rogers (born Leonard Franklin Slye; November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998), nicknamed the King of the Cowboys, was an American singer, actor, television host, and Rodeo, rodeo performer. Following early work under his given name, first as a c ...

Plot

The Texas Rangers are disbanded, so Roy joins the Cavalry but deserts when the Cavalry can't stop the outlaws and his brother dies because of it.

Cast

as Roy Rogers * Lynne Roberts as Janice Forbes *

Raymond Hatton Raymond William Hatton (July 7, 1887 – October 21, 1971) was an American film actor who appeared in almost 500 motion pictures. Biography Hatton was born in Red Oak, Iowa. His physician father steered him toward a career in medicine. Howe ...

as Jeff * J. Farrell MacDonald as Colonel Forbes *

Purnell Pratt Purnell Pratt (October 20, 1885 – July 25, 1941) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1914 and 1941. He was born in Bethel, Illinois and died in Hollywood, California. Pratt spent more than a year in Fra ...

as Senator Harvey * Harry Woods as Morgan Burke * Bruce MacFarlane as Lieutenant Nelson *

Lane Chandler Lane Chandler (born Robert Clinton Oakes, June 4, 1899 – September 14, 1972) was an American actor specializing mainly in Westerns. Biography Early life Chandler was raised on a ranch near Culbertson, Montana, the son of a horse ran ...

as Ken Rogers * Chester Gunnels as Smith * Lee Powell as Ranger Earp

Soundtrack

* Roy Rogers and other Texas Rangers – "Song of the West" (Written by Eddie Cherkose and

Walter Kent Walter Kent (born Walter Maurice Kaufman, November 29, 1911 – March 2, 1994) was an American composer and conductor. Some notable compositions are: "I'll Be Home for Christmas", "I'm Gonna Live Till I Die" and "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The W ...

) * Roy Rogers – "Let Me Hum a Western Song" (Written by Eddie Cherkose and Walter Kent) * Roy Rogers – "I've Learned a Lot About Women" (Written by Johnny Marvin) * Roy Rogers and soldiers – "Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground" (Written by Walter Kittredge)

External links

* * 1938 films 1938 Western (genre) films American Western (genre) films American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films Republic Pictures films Films directed by Joseph Kane 1930s American films English-language Western (genre) films {{1930s-Western-film-stub