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Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts

  • 1937
  • Approved
  • 1h 6m
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
107
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Tex Ritter and White Flash in Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts (1937)
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Tex is after the gang that robbed a train of a gold shipment. He suspects Dorman is the culprit and is hiding their gold at his mine. When Stubby sees Dorman's henchman Stark cash in some go... Read allTex is after the gang that robbed a train of a gold shipment. He suspects Dorman is the culprit and is hiding their gold at his mine. When Stubby sees Dorman's henchman Stark cash in some gold nuggets, Tex tricks Dorman into moving the gold. He hopes to round them up with the hel... Read allTex is after the gang that robbed a train of a gold shipment. He suspects Dorman is the culprit and is hiding their gold at his mine. When Stubby sees Dorman's henchman Stark cash in some gold nuggets, Tex tricks Dorman into moving the gold. He hopes to round them up with the help of the posse and the local Boy Scout Troop.

  • Director
    • Ray Taylor
  • Writers
    • Edmond Kelso
    • Lindsley Parsons
  • Stars
    • Tex Ritter
    • Forrest Taylor
    • White Flash
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.2/10
    107
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ray Taylor
    • Writers
      • Edmond Kelso
      • Lindsley Parsons
    • Stars
      • Tex Ritter
      • Forrest Taylor
      • White Flash
    • 9User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Tex Ritter
    Tex Ritter
    • Tex Collins
    Forrest Taylor
    Forrest Taylor
    • Dorman
    White Flash
    • Tex's Horse
    Marjorie Reynolds
    Marjorie Reynolds
    • Norma Willis
    Horace Murphy
    Horace Murphy
    • Stubby
    'Snub' Pollard
    'Snub' Pollard
    • Pee Wee
    Tommy Bupp
    Tommy Bupp
    • Buzzy Willis
    Charles King
    Charles King
    • Bert Stark
    Karl Hackett
    Karl Hackett
    • Newt Kemp
    Lynton Brent
    Lynton Brent
    • Pete - Henchman
    Philip Ahn
    Philip Ahn
    • Sing Fung
    Ed Cassidy
    Ed Cassidy
    • Henchman
    • (as Edward Cassidy)
    Tim Davis
    • Tommy Kent
    The Beverly Hillbillies
    • Western Band
    Members of Troup 13 Los Angles District Boy Scouts of America
    • Boy Scouts
    • (as Members of Troup Los Angeles District Boy Scouts of America)
    Ken Card
    • Banjo Player
    • (uncredited)
    Tex Cooper
    Tex Cooper
    • Townsman at Dance
    • (uncredited)
    Charles K. French
    Charles K. French
    • Doctor
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Ray Taylor
    • Writers
      • Edmond Kelso
      • Lindsley Parsons
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    4chholleyman

    It is a Tex Ritter movie. 'Nuff said.

    I loved it. Not as much as some other Tex Ritter movies, but because it had Tex Ritter in it with his singing, I loved it. (I do wish we had some of those times back, such as wanting to emulate the good character of the scouts again. Couldn't hurt society.) I miss those character building movies, when good was good and evil was definitely evil. The singing was better in some of the other Ritter movies, but his singing here was better than most other actors and singers in western movies. So I guess it boils down to this rule of thumb, if Ritter is in a movie and he is singing in that movie, you sure can't go wrong by watching it! I agree that his sidekicks were not up to par either.
    5bkoganbing

    Of Course Tex Was A Boy Scout

    Tex Ritter is on the trail of a gang of outlaws who've been robbing mines in the area of a Boy Scout camp. When Tex and his two sidekicks. Horace Murphy and Snub Pollard, ride in they're in like flynn. Especially after Tex shows his beaver badge to young Tommy Bupp because back in the day Ritter was a Boy Scout. As every clean living cowboy hero was or ought to have been.

    Things don't go as smooth for Tex with Tommy's sister Marjorie Reynolds, but with Tommy putting in a good word for him, it all works out in the end.

    This film was done for short lived Grand National Studios and while it lasted Tex was their B picture western star. Ritter had a nice pleasant singing voice, too bad he wasn't at Republic like Roy and Gene were.

    The film really was a big commercial for the Boy Scouts and I'll bet recruiting went up after Tex Ritter made use of the Scouts in nailing the bad guys. They were sure more help than his two dimwit sidekicks.
    5FightingWesterner

    The First Boy Scout

    A fairly silly plot has Tex Ritter joining forces with a troop of apparently unchaperoned Boy Scouts who are looking for a dangerous gang of train robbers, something that I don't think would ever happen in real life!

    Not really one of his best adventures, Tex Rides With The Boy Scouts is pretty inoffensive (unless you're Chinese) and mildly interesting, as long as you don't think about it too much.

    There just wasn't enough action or memorable songs (with the exception of Tex's rendition of The Girl I Left Behind Me) this go-around, to satisfy.

    However, Ritter is good as always, the leading lady is quite attractive, and the kiddie audiences of the day probably loved it, especially the real-life scouts.
    3richardchatten

    Great Wipes

    SPOILER WARNING: No such scene as described in the title appears in this movie (probably just as well considering the speculation it might have prompted!); which sums up the casual attitude the whole film takes to sustaining a plausible narrative.

    A fresh-faced young Tex Ritter improbably claims to be a geologist while going undercover to track down dapper gang boss Forrest Stanley, who shocks even his henchman when he shoots a boy scout in the back, but otherwise does a pretty sloppy job as an arch-villain. Tex likewise carelessly drops a vital letter in the street enabling Stanley to pick it up and examine it.

    Considering the zero budget this film must have had, it doesn't stint on frequent elegant optical wipes of the sort that I wish modern filmmakers would rediscover.
    6CubsandCulture

    A Tex Ritter away from being a Z Grade Western

    I'm sure formally this film is classified as a B movie. I also think the DVD copy I watched added to the crappy technical aspects-both because of a bad transfer and damage to the print they used wasn't fixed at all. But this film is so corny, so badly put together, so cheap looking and has such odd elements included-i.e. The 5 minutes of Scouting documentary, a really dark story beat in the climax involving a kid-that it plays out like a Western version of say Robot Monster and other psychotronic disasters. The film has hints of the sublime awfulness that unintentional camp is made from.

    Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on your perspective, the acting is just competent enough that this is a just a bad film; it's entertaining enough in its schlocky aspects. Ritter has enough natural charm to make his character worth rooting for and alas prevent the sublime awfulness to fully flower in the film.

    So I enjoyed it but it is lands in a middling spot where it is neither good nor bad enough to love.

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    • Trivia
      The earliest documented telecasts took place in San Francisco 6/18/49 on the Kactus Theatre on KPIX (Channel 5), and in Cincinnati 11/17/49 on WKRC (Channel 11).
    • Goofs
      Keep an eye on that early scene when the good guy trio stop to read the Private Property sign on the Black Hawk Mining property. A warning shot knocks Stubby's hat off from the direction in which he's facing, but all three turn left to see a couple of henchmen who were responsible.
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      Red River Valley
      Performed by the The Beverly Hillbillies

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    • Release date
      • January 2, 1938 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Tex Ritter chez les boys scouts
    • Filming locations
      • Kernville, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Boots and Saddles Pictures
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 6m(66 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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