The Ranger Steps In
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Spencer Gordon Bennet
Bob Allen
Eleanor Stewart
John Merton
Harry Taliaferro
Jack Ingram
Film Details
Synopsis
The Allens and the Warrens have been feuding for generations, but Bob Allen, a Ranger who is in love with Terry Warren, is doing his best to make peace with her father Jed. Terry's brother Breck, however, keeps the feud going when he accuses Bob's uncle of cattle rustling. The real villain is a man named Martin, who wants to buy both ranches so he can sell them as a railroad right-of-way. After Ranger Captain Thomas proposes a settlement, Jed accepts, but Breck threatens Bob, and the men fight. Martin takes advantage of the tension and disguises one of his henchmen as Bob, who then shoots Breck in the back. Bob is arrested, but while Fred Warren gathers the rest of his clan for a lynching, he escapes and says goodbye to Terry. While Martin joins the marshal's posse, two men from the railroad company arrive in town and start out on horseback for the Warren ranch, believing that Martin is the new owner. Bob meets the men on the road, discovers Martin's plot, and reaches Jed's ranch just ahead of the posse. After Jed explains Bob's innocence to the marshal, Martin is apprehended, and Bob is reinstated as a Ranger with a month-long furlough for a honeymoon with Terry.
Director
Spencer Gordon Bennet
Cast
Bob Allen
Eleanor Stewart
John Merton
Harry Taliaferro
Jack Ingram
Jack Rockwell
Jay Wilsey
Lafe Mckee
Crew
Film Details
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This film was also listed in contemporary sources as The Rangers Step In. Modern sources list additional players as: Bob Kortman, Billy Townsend, Ray Jones, Lew Meehan, Tommy Thompson, Herman Hack, Dick Cramer, Joseph Girard, George Plues, Harry Harvey, Jr., Tex Palmer, Francis Walker and Ed Javregi. This film was the last in Columbia's "Ranger Bob Allen" series. For more information on the series, consult the Series Index and for The Unknown Ranger.
