Texas to Bataan

1942 film by Robert Emmett Tansey

  • Dick Ross (associate producer)
  • George W. Weeks (producer)
StarringSee belowCinematographyRobert E. ClineEdited byS. Roy LubyMusic byFrank SanucciDistributed byMonogram Pictures
Release date
  • 16 October 1942 (1942-10-16)
Running time
56 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Texas to Bataan is a 1942 American Western film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey. The film is the seventeenth in Monogram Pictures' "Range Busters" series, and it stars John "Dusty" King as Dusty, "Davy" Sharpe and Max "Alibi" Terhune, with Marjorie Manners, Steve Clark and Budd Buster.

This is the first in the series with "Davy" Sharpe taking the place of Ray "Crash" Corrigan as one of the leads.

The film is also known as The Long, Long Trail in the United Kingdom.

Plot

Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Army buys some horses from the Range Busters' ranch for service in the Philippines. The cowboys tangle with Axis spies in both Texas and in the Philippines.

Cast

  • John 'Dusty' King as Dusty King
  • David Sharpe as Davy Sharpe
  • Max Terhune as Alibi Terhune
  • Elmer as Elmer Sneezeweed - Alibi's dummy
  • Marjorie Manners as Dallas Conroy
  • Steve Clark as Tom Conroy
  • Budd Buster as Tad Kelton
  • E. Baucin as Cookie (the spy)
  • Frank Ellis as Ken Richards (crooked rancher)
  • Kenne Duncan as Army Captain Anders
  • Guy Kingsford as Miller
  • Carl Mathews as Truck henchman
  • Tex Palmer as Truck henchman
  • Tom Steele as Truck henchman
  • Al Ferguson as Cafe henchman

Soundtrack

  • John "Dusty" King - "Me and My Pony" (Written by John "Dusty" King)
  • John "Dusty" King - "Goodbye Old Paint" (Traditional)
  • John "Dusty" King - "Home on the Range"

Further reading

  • Fojas, Camilla (2014). Islands of Empire : Pop Culture and U.S. Power. Austin: University of Texas Press. ISBN 9780292756304., esp. pp 25, 33, 35, 46-47.

See also

The Range Busters series:

External links

  • Texas to Bataan at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Texas to Bataan is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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