Range Beyond the Blue

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Range Beyond the Blue
Range Beyond the Blue poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Ray Taylor
Screenplay by Patricia Harper
Produced byJerry Thomas
Starring Eddie Dean
Roscoe Ates
Helen Mowery
Bob Duncan
Ted Adams
Billy Hammond
CinematographyRobert E. Cline
Edited byHugh Winn
Music by Walter Greene
Production
company
Distributed byProducers Releasing Corporation
Release date
  • March 17, 1947 (1947-03-17)
Running time
53 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Range Beyond the Blue is a 1947 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and written by Patricia Harper. The film stars Eddie Dean, Roscoe Ates,Helen Mowery, Bob Duncan, Ted Adams and Billy Hammond. The film was released on March 17, 1947, by Producers Releasing Corporation. [1] [2] [3]

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Plot

Outlaws are robbing a stage line, owned and operated by Margie Rodgers (Helen Mowery), whenever it carries gold. [4] They aim to drive the value of the stage coach line down, then buy it cheaply through a front, and sell it for the true market price. [5] Their plan is derailed by Eddie Dean and Soapy Jones (Roscoe Ates) who breakup one of the assaults. Eddie has Soapy take over the local sheriff's office when the sheriff is wounded. They battle the outlaw gang, and after some musical interludes, eventually break it up and expose the criminal plot.

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