Rio Grande Ranger (1936) Poster

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This Smoke is a powerful bad hombre....
alan-pratt24 May 2015
Ranger Bob Allen is sent to infiltrate the infamous Sayers gang, posing as a desperado known only as Smoke. In doing so, he falls foul of displaced lead henchman, Sneed, who discovers the hoax and tips off his boss.

Allen is adequate as the hero, Iris Meredith - looking lovely as always - is the obligatory rancher's daughter, Robert Henry is her supposedly cute and endearing little brother - how we all laughed! -and Hal Taliafero is the ranger's sidekick, providing what I believe is intended as comic relief, mostly about whether or not he needs a shave.

Strictly for B western completists this one as - unless you count the fact that Allen and Meredith warble a duet about Wyoming - there is absolutely nothing that distinguishes this from hundreds of other standard shoot 'em ups.
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5 year old 'Buzz' Henry shows his stunting skills
mickdwyer391 July 2022
Solid Columbia 'B' western despite some plot inconsistentcies. It was the second in Allen's six entry 'Ranger' series after he played support to Tim McCoy in three of his series. The studio were soon to drop him in favour of Charles Starrett and Wild Bill Elliott. 5 year old Robert 'Buzz' Henry was a junior rodeo competitor who had his own short series of westerns before becoming a top stuntman doubling such actors as Glen Ford and Frank Sinatra and co-ordinating the stunts on Sam Peckinpah's 'The Wild Bunch' and 'The Cowboys'.

Coincidently one of the young actors on that film, 14 year old Norman Howell, also became a stuntman and was Kevin Costner's regular double during the 1990's.
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