Men of Texas

Men of Texas
Men of Texas
Directed by	Ray Enright
Written by	Harold Shumate; Richard Brooks;
Produced by	George Waggner
Starring	Robert Stack; Broderick Crawford;
Cinematography	Milton Krasner
Edited by	Clarence Kolster
Music by	Edward Ward
Production; company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	July 3, 1942;
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Men of Texas is a 1942 American Western film directed by Ray Enright and starring Robert Stack and Broderick Crawford.

Plot

Chicago newspaper employees Sam Sawyer and Barry Conovan have been assigned to track down Sam Houston in Huntsville, Texas, unaware he died years before. Renegade guerrilla leader Henry Clay Jackson does not want Texas re-admitted as one of the United States, but is intent on restoring it as a republic. As he and his gang raid and loot Texas, Jackson believes himself to be following in the footsteps of Houston. When Jackson is about to be hanged for his crimes, Houston's ghost rises from his grave to tell Jackson he was wrong.^[1]

Cast

Robert Stack – Barry Conovan
Broderick Crawford – Henry Clay Jackson
Jackie Cooper – Robert Houston Scott
Anne Gwynne – Jane Baxter Scott
Ralph Bellamy – Major Lamphere
Jane Darwell – Mrs. Scott (Aunt Hattie)
Leo Carrillo – Sam Sawyer
John Litel – Colonel Scott
William Farnum – The ghost of Sam Houston
Janet Beecher – Mrs. Sam Houston
J. Frank Hamilton – Dwight Douglass
Kay Linaker – Mrs. Olsen

Production

The film was originally called Deep in the Heart of Texas and filming started May 1942.^[2]

Reception

The New York Times said it "provides ample entertainment."^[3]

References

^ "Men of Texas". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. AFI. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
^ Mary Martin May Join Gaxton and Oakie in 'The Gang's All Here' New York Times 1 May 1942: 23.
^ 'Men of Texas,' a Patriotic Western, at the Rialto -- 'Sweatier Girl' Arrives at the Central By BOSLEY CROWTHER. New York Times (13 July 1942: 18.

External links

Men of Texas at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Men of Texas at IMDb
Men of Texas at the TCM Movie Database

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[1] "Men of Texas". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. AFI. Retrieved August 2, 2015.

[2] Mary Martin May Join Gaxton and Oakie in 'The Gang's All Here' New York Times 1 May 1942: 23.

[3] 'Men of Texas,' a Patriotic Western, at the Rialto -- 'Sweatier Girl' Arrives at the Central By BOSLEY CROWTHER. New York Times (13 July 1942: 18.

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