a5c7b9f00b In Texas, the citizens are suffering from the brutality of the State Police who have replaced the disbanded Rangers. When a policeman kills a rancher, Gene then kills him in self defence. Now wanted for murder by the Police, Gene sets out to get evidence that will put an end to the Police and bring back the Texas Rangers.
Texas law officers are so corrupt that Gene decides to put on his old Texas Ranger uniform and set things right.
I guess I've seen about a dozen Gene Autry films in recent months, but the hook for this one is that I happen to have the original theatrical poster for it, proclaiming that 'Gene's Rangers ride herd on the killers who tried to take Texas for a ride'. In the story, Gene and his sidekick Pat Buttram put the word out to his former Ranger allies to band together once again to smoke out corruption in the Texas State Police in the decade following the Civil War. The affidavits they obtain from local ranchers are expected to discredit police adjutant General Slaydon (Robert Livingston) when presented to the state legislature at Galveston. That's the connection to the title,Gene drives the stagecoach and the supporting documents to their destination in the finale.<br/><br/>Did you notice something odd in that opening scene in the shop of the Galveston Sentinel? Right after Pat's trousers get caught on the tray of newspaper type to send it all careening, Pat's face is shown with a face full of printer's ink. Nicely done for comic effect, but the way the scene plays out, that would never have happened. The other somewhat 'messy' scene had to do with Pat commenting on young Cathy's (Judy Nugent) washing some clothes - he couldn't have been more chauvinistic in expressing that that's one of the reasons to keep women around.<br/><br/>Gene has his share of singing chores in this story, showcasing such Texas themed songs"A Heart As Big As Texas" and "Eyes of Texas". I didn't realize that the melody to the latter tune actually had words, recalling it mainlythe theme song bookending episodes of the classic TV Western series, "Tales of the Texas Rangers". Seems to me that the song for that show had a different set of lyrics specifically written for it.<br/><br/>Fine supporting cast in this one, with Thurston Hallnewspaperman Colonel Bellamy, and Virginia Hustonhis daughter Ann. Judy Nugent is called upon to witness the murder of her father to set up part of the plot whereby she's taken in by the Bellamy's,Gene and Pat serveher surrogate uncles. As Cathy Evans, she's got quite a lot to do actually, including a climb up the chimney escape to make the save for the good guys.
Given the demands of his weekly TV show (1950-1955) and a steady stream of matinée programmers, like this one, I wonder when Gene had a chance to relax. Actually this is one of his better 60-minute programmers. It's plot heavy– replacing a crooked State Police with the Texas Rangers, along with the usual combative intrigues. I believe there's just one song, so Gene is concentrating on story rather than musical entertainment. Even comic relief Buttram is unusually restrained in his antics. It's not especially scenic, but with a strong appeal for southern audiences with repeated references to Texas and the Confederacy. Anyway, can't help noticing the director and producer are also his TV team, so likely he worked these programmers into his TV schedule. Whatever the case, it's an entertaining hour of Gene and Champion.


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