The Texans

The Texans
Theatrical poster
Directed by	James P. Hogan
Produced by	Lucien Hubbard
Written by	William Wister Haines Bertram Millhauser Paul Sloane
Based on	North of '36  by Emerson Hough
Starring	Joan Bennett Randolph Scott Walter Brennan
Music by	Gerard Carbonara
Cinematography	Theodor Sparkuhl
Editing by	LeRoy Stone
Studio	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	12 August 1938
Running time	92 min
Country	USA
Language	English

The Texans is a 1938 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by James P. Hogan, and starring by Joan Bennett, Randolph Scott and Walter Brennan. The screenplay was written by William Wister Haines, Bertram Millhauser and Paul Sloane and is based on the story North of '36 by Emerson Hough.

Most of the exterior scenes were filmed about 30 miles (48 km) east of Cotulla, Texas on the 35,000-acre (140 km²) La Mota Ranch. Other scenes were filmed near Laredo, Texas. 2500 Texas Longhorns were used for the herd. Interior scenes were recorded at Paramount Studios in Hollywood. The Texans premiered at San Antonio's Majestic Theater on July 16, 1938.^[1]

Synopsis

After the Civil War, a Texas ranch owner (Bennett) is trying to move her cattle to market in Kansas to sell them. A Confederate veteran (Scott) becomes involved with her and learns she wants to use the money to help the South continue fighting. She is harassed on the cattle drive by corrupt Union Army officers and carpetbaggers.

Principal cast

• Joan Bennett as Ivy Preston
• Randolph Scott as Kirk Jordan
• May Robson as Granna
• Walter Brennan as Chuckawalla
• Robert Cummings as Alan Sanford
• Robert Barrat as Isaiah Middlebrack
• Raymond Hatton as Cal Tuttle
• Francis Ford as Uncle Dud
• Harvey Stephens as Lt. David Nichols
• Irving Bacon as Pvt. Collins

References

External links

• The Texans at the American Film Institute Catalog
• The Texans at the TCM Movie Database
• The Texans at the Internet Movie Database
• NY Times review