Deep in the Heart of Texas

Wonderful movie and the first of 7 pairings of Tex Ritter and Johnny Mack Brown. It starts out with the theme song sung by Hapworth Snodgrass (Fuzzy Knight) with Tex and Johnny Mack saving the newspaper man Jonathan Taylor (Pat O'Malley) from a neck tie party. The unscrupulous head of the republic is the great actor William Farnum and beautiful blonde leading co-star of 1940s, Jennifer Holt plays a fine role as Taylor's daughter. Good to see the west's favorite medicine man Earl Hodges and all-time meanest villain Harry Woods. In between all the action, the Jimmy Wakely Trio provides some great musical interludes including, "The Cowboy's Lament" with Tex.

Righteous Jim Mallory and his friend, "Happy" T. Snodgrass, are seeking Jim's father, because they have heard about his cruel domination. They try to stop him with this gang. After they manage to stop their activity with the help of newspaper publisher Jonathan Taylor, his daughter Nan and Governor representative Brent Gordon. But then, Jim is put into the jail. After this complication, Jim's father decides he joins Brent and Jonathan and they together let Jim free.

Johnny Mack Brown and Tex Ritter head a good cast in this good western that has a strong plot and a nicely executed story of father and son finding themselves opposite sides but when Johnny Mack Brown is arrested the father (William Farnum) comes to his senses. There's some fine action and sprightly pace adding some icing on the cake. Jennifer Holt adds some classiness to the proceedings.