{{short description|1942 film by Albert Herman}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Use American English|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox film | name = The Rangers Take Over | image = The Rangers Take Over poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Albert Herman | producer = Alfred Stern<br>and Arthur Alexander | screenplay = Elmer Clifton<br>(original story and screenplay) | starring = Dave (Tex) O'Brien<br>Jim Newill<br>Iris Meredith<br>Guy Wilkerson<br>Cal Shrum's 'Rhythm Rangers' | music = Lee Zahler<br>(musical director) | cinematography = Robert Cline | editing = Charles Henkel, Jr. | studio = Alexander-Stern Productions | distributor = Producers Releasing Corporation | released = {{Film date|1942|12|25}} | runtime = 60 minutes | country = United States | language = English }}
'''''The Rangers Take Over''''' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Albert Herman and written by Elmer Clifton. The film stars Dave (Tex) O'Brien, Jim Newill, Guy Wilkerson, Iris Meredith and Cal Shrum and his "Rhythm Rangers". The film was released on December 25, 1942, by Producers Releasing Corporation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/87689/the-rangers-take-over |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919084911/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/87689/The-Rangers-Take-Over/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 19, 2011 |title=The Rangers Take Over (1942) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=2019-12-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Hans J. Wollstein |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-rangers-take-over-v40300 |title=The Rangers Take Over (1943) - Albert Herman |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=2019-12-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/628-THE-RANGERSTAKEOVER |title=The Rangers Take Over |publisher=Catalog.afi.com |date= |accessdate=2019-12-17}}</ref>
The film is the first of PRC's 22-film "Texas Rangers" series starring Dave (Tex) O'Brien, Jim Newill and Guy Wilkerson.
Jim Newill sings three songs in the film co-written by Newill and O'Brien: "The Rangers Take Over", "High in the Saddle" and "Campfire on the Prairie".
==Plot== Tex Wyatt, a new recruit, is assigned by his father to investigate cattle rustlings. He's thrown off the force for disobeying orders, and goes undercover with the rustler gang. Working with rangers Jim Steele and Panhandle Perkins, he busts the gang, and earns his spot on the force again.
==Cast== {{Div col}} *Dave (Tex) O'Brien as Tex Wyatt *Jim Newill as Jim Steele *Guy Wilkerson as Panhandle Perkins *Iris Meredith as Jean Lorin *Forrest Taylor as Capt. Wyatt *I. Stanford Jolley as Rance Blair *Charles King as Kip Lane *Carl Matthews as Weir Slocum *Harry Harvey as Bill Summers *Lynton Brent as Block Nelson *Bud Osborne as Pete Dawson *Cal Shrum and his "Rhythm Rangers" {{Div col end}}
==See also== The Texas Rangers series: {{Div col}} # The Rangers Take Over (1942) # Bad Men of Thunder Gap (1943) # West of Texas (1943) # Border Buckaroos (1943) # Fighting Valley (1943) # Trail of Terror (1943) # The Return of the Rangers (1943) # Boss of Rawhide (1943) # Outlaw Roundup (1944) # Guns of the Law (1944) # The Pinto Bandit (1944) # Spook Town (1944) # Brand of the Devil (1944) # Gunsmoke Mesa (1944) # Gangsters of the Frontier (1944) # Dead or Alive (1944) # The Whispering Skull (1944) # Marked for Murder (1945) # Enemy of the Law (1945) # Three in the Saddle (1945) # Frontier Fugitives (1945) # Flaming Bullets (1945) {{Div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|0036292|The Rangers Take Over}}
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