The Fighting Texan

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Ed Cassidy, Art Dillard, and Kermit Maynard in The Fighting Texan (1937)

A rancher finds that his stock of horses is mysteriously being depleted, and discovers that a ranch near him has had a sudden upsurge in its horse population.A rancher finds that his stock of horses is mysteriously being depleted, and discovers that a ranch near him has had a sudden upsurge in its horse population.A rancher finds that his stock of horses is mysteriously being depleted, and discovers that a ranch near him has had a sudden upsurge in its horse population.

Director
- Charles Abbott
Writers
- James Oliver Curwood
- Joseph O'Donnell
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6.3/10

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Director
- Charles Abbott
Writers
- James Oliver Curwood
- Joseph O'Donnell
Stars

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Kermit Maynard

Glenn Oliver

Elaine Shepard

Judy Walton

Frank LaRue

Joe Walton

Budd Buster

Old-timer
(as Bud Buster)

Ed Cassidy

Pete Hadley

Murdock MacQuarrie

Jim Perkins
(as Murdock McQuarrie)

Art Miles

Carter

Bruce Mitchell

Sheriff Bert Winder

Bob Woodward

Henchman Bob

Rocky

Glenn's Horse

Cherokee Alcorn

Jed
(uncredited)

Rube Dalroy

Card Player
(uncredited)

Art Dillard

Walton Cowhand
(uncredited)

Bert Dillard

Henchman
(uncredited)

Curley Dresden

Inquest Spectator
(uncredited)
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Jack Evans

Barfly
(uncredited)

Clem Horton

Walton Cowhand
(uncredited)

Merrill McCormick

Bart Green - Henchman
(uncredited)

Director
- Charles Abbott
Writers
- James Oliver Curwood
- Joseph O'Donnell
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A Totally Undistinguished B Western

Kermit Maynard, brother of the better known Ken Maynard, starred in 18 westerns made at Ambassador Pictures in late 1930's. The Fighting Texan was one such film. Ambassador, based on a viewing of this flick, was certainly one of the Poverty Row studios.

The film contains only 4 or 5 indoor scenes. Few sets were thus built, which kept the cost of the film low. The entire cast delivers their lines in monotones. During the first half of the film there are way too many times when the characters stand around talking. All the attempts at humor misfire. The action sequences become more frequent and lengthier as the movie progresses and up the excitement level considerably. The film climaxes in a shoot out/gun battle which takes place in the midst of some truly impressive scenery. It is the best part of this movie.

I do not recommend viewing the Fighting Texan. Instead, you would probably like viewing an old Republic western more.

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This film is one of over 200 titles in the list of independent feature films made available for television presentation by Advance Television Pictures announced in Motion Picture Herald 4 April 1942. At this time, television broadcasting was in its infancy, almost totally curtailed by the advent of World War II, and would not continue to develop until 1945-46. Because of poor documentation (feature films were often not identified by title in conventional sources) no record has yet been found of its initial television broadcast. Its earliest documented telecasts took place in New York City Thursday 3 June 1948 on WATV (Channel 13), in Detroit Thursday 17 March 1949 on WJBK (Channel 2), in Salt Lake City Monday 21 November 1949 on KDYL (Channel 4), in Cincinnati Saturday 7 January 1950 on WCPO (Channel 7), and in Los Angeles Saturday 25 March 1950 on KTTV (Channel 11).