Texas Renegades (film)

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Texas Renegades
Texas Renegades poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Sam Newfield
Screenplay by Joseph O'Donnell
Story by Robert Emmett Tansey
Produced by Sigmund Neufeld
Starring Tim McCoy
Nora Lane
Kenne Duncan
Lee Prather
Harry Harvey Sr.
Earl Gunn
Cinematography Jack Greenhalgh
Edited by Holbrook N. Todd
Production
company
Sigmund Neufeld Productions
Distributed by Producers Releasing Corporation
Release date
  • January 17, 1940 (1940-01-17)
Running time
59 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Texas Renegades is a 1940 American Western film directed by Sam Newfield and written by Joseph O'Donnell. The film stars Tim McCoy, Nora Lane, Kenne Duncan, Lee Prather, Harry Harvey Sr. and Earl Gunn. The film was released on January 17, 1940, by Producers Releasing Corporation. [1] [2] [3]

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Plot

A new Marshall arrives in Rawhide. His name is Tim Smith, and his mission is to fight off some rustlers. The gang attempts for his life, but gets the wrong guy, Tim takes advantage of this situation to pose as an outlaw and make his way inside the gang. When the gang trusts him, they give him the job of posing as a Marshall.

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References

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  2. Hans J. Wollstein. "Texas Renegades (1940) - Sam Newfield". AllMovie. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  3. "Texas Renegades". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved January 13, 2020.