Texas to Bataan
Encyclopedia
Texas to Bataan is a 1942 American film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey featuring the Range Busters
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The film is also known as The Long, Long Trail in the United Kingdom
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, 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.
Range Busters
The Range Busters were a film series of 25 Westerns of the adventures of a trio of cowboys, many filmed at the Corriganville Movie Ranch, produced by George W. Weeks and distributed by Monogram Pictures.-Production:...
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The film is also known as The Long, Long Trail in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
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Plot summary
Prior to the attack on Pearl HarborAttack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941...
, the U.S. Army buys some horses from the Range Busters' ranch for service in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. The cowboys tangle with Axis spies in both Texas and in the Philippines.
Cast
- John 'Dusty' KingJohn 'Dusty' KingJohn 'Dusty' King John 'Dusty' King John 'Dusty' King (born Miller McLeod Everson, July 11, 1909 – November 11, 1987 was a singer and film actor renowned for his Westerns particularly the Range Busters series.-Biography:Everson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio...
as Dusty King - David Sharpe as Davy Sharpe
- Max TerhuneMax TerhuneMax Terhune , was an American film actor. He appeared in nearly 70 films, mostly B-westerns, between 1936 and 1956....
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 EllisFrank Ellis (actor)Frank Ellis was an American film actor. He appeared in over 480 films between 1917 and 1954. He was born in Oklahoma and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:* Elmo the Fearless...
as Ken Richards (crooked rancher) - Kenne DuncanKenne DuncanKenne Duncan , born Kenneth Duncan MacLachlan, was a well-known B-movie character actor. Hyped professionally as "The Meanest Man in the Movies," the vast majority of his over 250 appearances on camera were Westerns, but he also did occasional forays into horror, crime drama, and science fiction...
as Army Captain Anders - Guy Kingsford as Miller
- Carl Mathews as Truck henchman
- Tex Palmer as Truck henchman
- Tom Steele as Truck henchman
- Al FergusonAl FergusonAl Ferguson was an Irish-born American film actor. He appeared in nearly 300 films between 1912 and 1956.He was born in County Wexford, Ireland and died in Long Island, New York.-Selected filmography:...
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"