Tex Granger

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Tex Granger
Directed by	Derwin Abrahams
Produced by	Sam Katzman
Written by	Lewis Clay Royal K. Cole Harry L. Fraser Arthur Hoerl George H. Plympton
Starring	Robert Kellard Peggy Stewart Robert 'Buzz' Henry Smith Ballew Jack Ingram I. Stanford Jolley
Music by	Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Cinematography	Ira H. Morgan
Editing by	Earl Turner
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	1 April 1948
Running time	15 chapters (270 min)
Country	United States
Language	English
Allmovie profile
IMDb profile

Tex Granger (1948) is a Columbia movie serial featuring the title character as a masked cowboy referred to as The Midnight Rider of the Plains in the serial's subtitle. It was based on a character from the comic Calling All Boys while the plot was taken from The Last Frontier (1926),^[1] which was itself based on the novel of the same name by Courtney Ryley Cooper.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Plot

When Tex Granger rides into Three Buttes, Helen Kent persuades him to buy the local newspaper. However, lone shark Rance Carson appoints the bandit Blaze Talbot as town marshal to act as his enforcer and soon the town is in chaos. With fighting between rival gangs, Tex dons a mask the become The Midnight Rider and bring the criminals to justice.

[edit] Cast

Robert Kellard as Tex Granger, new owner of the town newspaper and secretly also The Midnight Rider of the Plains
Peggy Stewart as Helen Kent
Robert 'Buzz' Henry as Timmy Perkins, a young boy
Smith Ballew as Blaze Talbot, bandit appointed as marshal by Carson
Jack Ingram as Reno, bandit working with Blaze Talbot
I. Stanford Jolley as Rance Carson, the villainous loan shark
Terry Frost as Luke Adams, one of Carson's henchmen
Jim Diehl as Conroy, one of Carson's henchmen
Britt Wood as Sandy White
Tiny Brauer as Morgan, one of Carson's henchmen
Duke, the dog

[edit] References

^ Tex Granger Overview at All Movie Database, retrieved 27/04/07

Tex Granger at the Internet Movie Database

[edit] External links

Tex Granger at the Internet Movie Database
Calling All Boys (by cover image) at Comic Vine featuring Tex Granger

Preceded by Brick Bradford (1947)	Columbia Serial Tex Granger (1948)	Succeeded by Superman (1948)

v • d • e Columbia serials

Pre-war Serials (1937-1942)	Jungle Menace • The Mysterious Pilot • The Secret of Treasure Island • The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok • The Spider's Web • Flying G-Men • Mandrake the Magician • Overland with Kit Carson • The Shadow • Terry and the Pirates • Deadwood Dick • The Green Archer • White Eagle • The Spider Returns • The Iron Claw • Holt of the Secret Service

War-time Serials (1942-1945)	Captain Midnight • Perils of the Royal Mounted • The Secret Code • The Valley of Vanishing Men • Batman • The Phantom • The Desert Hawk • Black Arrow • Brenda Starr, Reporter • The Monster and the Ape

Post-war Serials (1945-1956)	Jungle Raiders • Who's Guilty? • Hop Harrigan • Chick Carter, Detective • Son of the Guardsman • Jack Armstrong • The Vigilante • The Sea Hound • Brick Bradford • Tex Granger • Superman • Congo Bill • Bruce Gentry • Batman and Robin • Adventures of Sir Galahad • Cody of the Pony Express • Atom Man vs. Superman • Pirates of the High Seas • Roar of the Iron Horse • Mysterious Island • Captain Video • King of the Congo • Blackhawk • Son of Geronimo • The Lost Planet • The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd • Gunfighters of the Northwest • Riding with Buffalo Bill • The Adventures of Captain Africa • Perils of the Wilderness • Blazing the Overland Trail

Actors and Actresses	Kirk Alyn • Judd Holdren • Warren Hull • Victor Jory • Clayton Moore • Noel Neill • Tom Tyler

Production Crew	Spencer Gordon Bennet • Elmer Clifton • B. Reeves Eason • James W. Horne • Sam Katzman • George H. Plympton • Joseph F. Poland • Ray Taylor • Mack V. Wright

See also	Film serials • List of film serials • List of film serials by studio