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Whistle Stopper - King of the Texas Rangers
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Manufacturer: Republic Pictures
Starring: Sammy Baugh, Neil Hamilton, Pauline Moore, Duncan Renaldo, Charles Trowbridge
Directed By: John English, William Witney
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786301216173
Format: Black & White
ISBN: 6301216172
Label: Republic Pictures
Manufacturer: Republic Pictures
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Republic Pictures
Release Date: 1995-05-30
Running Time: 214
Studio: Republic Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1941-10-04
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Summary: "King of the Texas Rangers" (1941) ... Sammy Baugh ... A Republic 12 Chapter Serial"
Comment: Republic Pictures present "KING OF THE TEXAS RANGERS" (1941) (215 mins/B&W) (Dolby digitally remastered) --- is a 12-Chapter Republic Movie Serial starring Slingin' Sammy Baugh, Pauline Moore, Duncan Renaldo & Neil Hamilton, relive those thrilling days week after week venue brought you to the theater, as you were mesmerized in your seat waiting for the final chapter ... exciting action within 12 episodes from the Republic Serial Factory, released on October 4, 1941, story thus far, to avenge the death of his father an All-American football star joins the Texas Rangers and uncovers a group of subversives led by "His Excellency" who are out to destroy the Texas oil fields ... This amazing hero of might and brawn now brings to the screen the powerful slashing, smashing attack that gave him immortal fame on the football field!
Under John English (Director), William Witney (Director), Hiram S. Brown Jr (Associate Producer), Ronald Davidson (Screenwriter), Norman S. Hall (Screenwriter), William Lively (Screenwriter), Joseph O'Donnell (Screenwriter), Joseph F. Poland (Screenwriter), Mort Glickman (Orginal Score), Reggie Lanning (Cinematographer), William P. Thompson (Editor), Edward Todd (Editor), John Victor Mackay (Art Director) ------ the cast includes Sammy Baugh (Ranger Tom King Jr. (as Slingin' Sammy Baugh), Neil Hamilton (John Barton/Felix Hauptman, his double), Pauline Moore (Sally Crane), Duncan Renaldo (Lt. Pedro Garcia), Charles Trowbridge (Mr. Robert Crawford), Herbert Rawlinson (Col. Lee Avery), Frank Darien (Pop Evans), Rudolph Anders (His Excellency), Stanley Blystone (A.J. Lynch), Kermit Maynard (Ranger Wichita Bates), Roy Barcroft (Ross (thug), Kenne Duncan (Nick (thug), Jack Ingram .(Shorty (thug) ... great stunt work by the Republic stunt personnel Tom Steele (stunt double: Sammy Baugh), David Sharpe (stunts),Cy Slocum (stunts), Duke Taylor (stunts), Ken Terrell (stunts), Bill Wilkens (stunts), Joe Yrigoyen (stunts) --- don't leave the theater until the final chapter "Code of the Rangers" ... another winner from the vaults of Republic Serials --- this is a must watch for the serial buffs in all of us.
CHAPTER TITLES:
1. The Fifth Column Strikes
2. Dead End
3 . Man Hunt
4. Trapped
5. Test Flight
6. Double Danger
7. Death Takes the Witness
8. Counterfeit Trail
9. Ambush
10.Sky Raiders
11.Trail of Death
12.Code of the Rangers
BIOS:
1. Sammy Baugh (aka: Samuel Adrian Baugh)
Date of birth: 17 March 1914 - Temple, Texas
Date of death: Still Living
[Special footnote, played quarterback/tailback/punter for the National Football League's
Washington Redskins, 1937-52. Was initially a single-wing tailback, then became a
T-formation quarterback. Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, 1963 (charter member)]
2. Neil Hamilton (aka: James Neil Hamilton)
Date of birth: 9 September 1899 - Lynn, Massachusetts
Date of death: 24 September 1984 - Escondido, California
[Special footnote, he is probably best known to modern-day audiences, however, as
Police Commissioner Gordon in the TV series "Batman" (1966).Is the only actor to play
Commissioner Gordon from the "Batman" franchise who shared the character's first name,
James. Like both of his live-action successors (Martin Patterson Hingle [Pat Hingle] and
Leonard Gary Oldman [Gary Oldman]), he goes by his middle name]
3. John English (Director)
Date of birth: 25 June 1903 - Cumberland, England, UK
Date of death: 11 October 1969 - Los Angeles, California
[Special footnote, directing classic serials "Zorro Rides Again" (1937),
"Daredevils of the Red Circle" (1939), "King of the Royal Mounted" (1940),
"Adventures of Red Ryder" (1940), "Jungle Girl" (1941),"Adventures of Captain Marvel" (1941),
and "Captain America" (1944), worked closely with director William Witney over the years]
4. William Witney (aka: William Nuelsen Witney) (Director)
Date of birth: 15 May 1915 - Lawton, Oklahoma
Date of death: 17 March 2002 - Jackson, California
[Special footnote, Witney broke into the business in 1933, working at Mascot, the leading producer
of low-budget serials, Mascot merged in 1935 to form Republic,Witney teamed with director John English
on many of the era's best serials, most of them highlighted by kinetic fight and chase scenes that helped
change the face of action moviemaking...Witney became a director at 21, he was Hollywood's youngest]
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1. Adventures of Red Ryder (Don "Red" Barry)
2. Adventures of the Flying Cadets (Bobby Jordan)
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5. Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere (Judd Holdren & I. Stanford Jolley)
6. Dick Tracy's G-Men (Ralph Byrd)
7. Don Winslow of the Navy (Don Terry)
8. Don Winslow of the Coast Guard (Don Terry)
9. Drums of Fu Manchu (Henry Brandon)
10.Fighting Kit Carson (Johnny Mack Brown)
11.Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (Buster Crabbe)
12.The Green Archer (Victory Jory)
13.Jungle Girl (Frances Gifford)
14.Jungle Jim (Grant Withers & Raymond Hatton)
15.Lost City of the Jungle (Russell Hayden & Keye Luke)
16.Mandrake the Magician (Warren Hull & Dick Curtis)
17.Miracle Rider (Tom Mix & Tony Jr)
18.The Painted Stallion (Ray "Crash" Corrigan)
19.The Phantom (Tom Tyler)
20.The Return of Chandu (Bela Lugosi)
21.Riders of Death Valley (Dick Foran, Leo Carrillo & Buck Jones)
22.Secret Agent X-9 (1937) (Scott Kolk & Henry Brandon)
23.Secret Agent X-9 (1945) (Lloyd Bridges & Keye Luke)
24.Sky Raiders (Donald Woods & Billy Halop)
25.Undersea Kingdom (Ray "Crash" Corrigan)
26.Winners of the West (Dick Foran, Harry Woods, Roy Barcroft & Charles Stevens)
27.Zane Greys "King of the Royal Mounted" (Allan "Rocky" Lane)
28.Zorro's Cliffhanger Collection (Reed Hadley, John Carroll & Linda Stirling)
Hats off and thanks to Les Adams (collector/guideslines for character identification), Chuck Anderson (Webmaster: The Old Corral/B-Westerns.Com), Boyd Magers (Western Clippings), Bobby J. Copeland (author of "Trail Talk"), Rhonda Lemons (Empire Publishing Inc) and Bob Nareau (author of "The Real Bob Steele") as they have rekindled my interest once again for B-Westerns and Serials --- looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '20s, '30s & '40s and B-Westerns ... order your copy now from Amazon where there are plenty of copies available on VHS, stay tuned once again for top notch action mixed with deadly adventure --- if you enjoyed this title, why not check out VCI Entertainment where they are experts in releasing B-Westerns and Serials --- all my heroes have been cowboys!
Total Time: 215 mins on VHS ~ Republic Video ~ (5/30/1995)
Customer Rating:
Summary: One of the Best
Comment: I was in fifth or sixth grade when I saw the first chapter of this serial. (I am 71 years old now.) I really loved westerns and it was a few years before I became a Redskin fan. I really liked Sammy Baugh and looking at the special effects in the serial now really makes me appreciate the genius of the people who made them.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great Ranger!
Comment: 'Slingin' Sammy Bough made only one movie, this rip-roaring, fantastic l2-episode serial which should rank with the greatest. Co-starring with B-actress, the plucky Pauline Moore, Sammy is a terrific action hero and the best cliff-hanger episode is when he and Pauline are trapped in a shed while all the oil wells explode around them. Neil Hamilton is a suave and evil and delightful villain. The camera set-ups, the fight sequences and especially the imaginative climax of each episode ranks with Spy Smasher, Daredevils of the Red Circle and G-Men Versus the Black Dragon. Wish Sammy had starred in more flicks, although some film historians point out his amateurish attempts at acting. In serials, acting isn't what fans want (except in a villian). we want our heroes to be fearless and macho and Sammy delivers these qualities in spades.
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