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''Gangsters of the Frontier'' (also known as ''Raiders of the Frontier'' in the United Kingdom) is a 1944 American Western film written and directed by Elmer Clifton. The film stars Dave O'Brien, Tex Ritter and Guy Wilkerson, with Patti McCarty, Harry Harvey and Betty Miles. The film was released on 22 September 1944, by
Producers Releasing Corporation Producers Releasing Corporation was the smallest and least prestigious of the Hollywood film studios of the 1940s. It was considered a prime example of what was called "Poverty Row": a low-rent stretch of Gower Street in Hollywood where shoest ...
. The fifteenth of the ''Texas Rangers'' film series, the film is regarded as a metaphor for World War II as a fascist-type gang enslaves a town.Loy, R. Philip ''Soldiers in Stetsons: B-Westerns Go to War'' pp.197-205 ''Journal of Popular Film and Television'' Volume 30, Issue 4, 2003 This film was the first of the "Texas Rangers" series to feature Tex Ritter, who replaced James Newill after 14 movies. In the film, Tex Ritter sings "Please Remember Me" by Ritter and Robert McGimsey, and "He's Gone Up the Trail" and "Ride, Ranger, Ride" by Tim Spencer.


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* Tex Ritter as Tex Haines * Dave O'Brien as Texas Ranger Dave Wyatt * Guy Wilkerson as Panhandle Perkins * Patti McCarty as Jane Deering * Harry Harvey as Mayor Frank Merritt * Betty Miles as Mrs. Frank Merritt *
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as Bart Kern * Marshall Reed as Rad Kern * Charles King as Henchman * Clarke Stevens as Henchman Shade


See also

The Texas Rangers series: # The Rangers Take Over (1942) #
Bad Men of Thunder Gap ''Bad Men of Thunder Gap'' is a 1943 American Western film directed by Albert Herman and written by Elmer Clifton. The film stars Dave O'Brien, James Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Janet Shaw, Jack Ingram and Charles King. The film was released on M ...
(1943) # West of Texas (1943) # Border Buckaroos (1943) #
Fighting Valley ''Fighting Valley'' is a 1943 American Western film written and directed by Oliver Drake. The film stars Dave O'Brien, James Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Patti McCarty, John Merton and Robert Bice. The film was released on August 8, 1943, by Produc ...
(1943) # Trail of Terror (1943) # The Return of the Rangers (1943) # Boss of Rawhide (1943) # Outlaw Roundup (1944) # Guns of the Law (1944) # The Pinto Bandit (1944) # Spook Town (1944) # Brand of the Devil (1944) # Gunsmoke Mesa (1944) # Gangsters of the Frontier (1944) #
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(1944) # The Whispering Skull (1944) # Marked for Murder (1945) #
Enemy of the Law ''Enemy of the Law'' is a 1945 American Western film written and directed by Harry L. Fraser. The film stars Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Kay Hughes, Jack Ingram and Charles King. The film was released on May 7, 1945, by Producers ...
(1945) #
Three in the Saddle ''Three in the Saddle'' is a 1945 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and written by Elmer Clifton. The film stars Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Lorraine Miller, Charles King and Edward Howard. The film was released o ...
(1945) #
Frontier Fugitives ''Frontier Fugitives'' is a 1945 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and written by Elmer Clifton. The film stars Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Lorraine Miller, I. Stanford Jolley and Jack Ingram. The film was release ...
(1945) #
Flaming Bullets ''Flaming Bullets'' is a 1945 American Western film written and directed by Harry L. Fraser. The film stars Tex Ritter, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Patricia Knox, Charles King and I. Stanford Jolley. The film was released on October 15, 194 ...
(1945)


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* * * 1944 films 1940s English-language films Films directed by Elmer Clifton American black-and-white films 1944 Western (genre) films Producers Releasing Corporation films American Western (genre) films 1940s American films {{1940s-Western-film-stub