Raiders of Sunset Pass is a 1943 American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 directed by John English

John English (director)

John English was an American film editor and film director...

 with a screenplay

Screenplay

A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...

 by John K. Butler. The film is set in Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

 during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 when most of the able-bodied men of military age are away fighting for the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. A gang of cattle rustlers, led by Henry Judson and Lefty Lewis, decide to take advantage of the situation by steeling from rancher Dad Mathews and other cattle farmers. Texas Ranger

Texas Ranger Division

The Texas Ranger Division, commonly called the Texas Rangers, is a law enforcement agency with statewide jurisdiction in Texas, and is based in Austin, Texas...

 Johnny Revere and his sidekick Frog Millhouse arrive to handel the situation. With some help from Mathews' daughter, Betty, they manage to win in the end. The film stars Eddie Dew

Eddie Dew

Eddie Dew was an American actor, film director, and television director. As an actor he is best remembered for his starring roles in B movie western films during the 1940s...

 as Johnny Revere, Smiley Burnette

Smiley Burnette

Lester Alvin Burnett , better known as Smiley Burnette, was a popular American country music performer and a comedic actor in Western films and on radio and TV, playing sidekick to Gene Autry and other B-movie cowboys. He was also a prolific singer-songwriter who could play as many as 100 musical...

 as Frog Millhouse, Jennifer Holt

Jennifer Holt

Jennifer Holt was an American actress.-Biography:Born Elizabeth Marshall Holt in Hollywood, California to actor Jack Holt and his wife, Margaret Woods...

 as Betty Mathews, LeRoy Mason

LeRoy Mason

LeRoy Mason was an American film actor. He died on the set of California Firebrand after suffering a heart attack.-Selected filmography:The following were with John Wayne:* Maker of Men...

 as Henry Judson, Roy Barcroft

Roy Barcroft

Roy Barcroft was an American character actor famous for playing villains in B-Westerns and other genres. Noted film critic Leonard Maltin acclaimed Barcroft as "Republic Pictures' number one bad guy".-Early life:...

 as Lefty Lewis, Charles F. Miller

Charles F. Miller

Miller made his film debut in Little Women as a minister and starred in many films thereafter.One of his first biggest roles was starring alongside Keye Luke in Phantom of Chinatown.He was also one of the founding members of the Screen Actors Guild....

 as Rancher Mathews, and Maxine Doyle

Maxine Doyle

Maxine Doyle was an American film actress.-Career:Doyle appeared in almost forty films between 1933 and 1946 and is known for her work at Republic Pictures.-Personal life:...

as Sally Meehan.