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1950
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Law of the Badlands: Directed by Lesley Selander. With Tim Holt, Joan Dixon, Robert Livingston, Leonard Penn. The Texas Rangers send Dave and Chito into the badlands to see if they can locate a counterfeiting operation. They arrive posing as wanted outlaws and this gets them into the gang.
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- Western
- Lesley Selander
- 1951-02-24
Despite the fact that the Badlands are relocated to Texas for this story, Law of the Badlands is a fast paced, entertaining western from the Tim Holt-Richard Martin series from RKO. The boys are Texas Rangers on assignment from Captain Kenneth MacDonald to look for a counterfeiter and apprehend him in an area of Texas called the badlands.
In 1890, Captain McVey of the Texas Rangers is dispatched by the United States Secret Service in Washington, D.C. to assist in breaking up a counterfeiting ring in the Texas Badlands. McVey orders two of his Rangers, Dave and sidekick, Chito Rafferty, to infiltrate the ring posing as criminals.
Law of the Badlands. Texas Rangers (Tim Holt, Richard Martin) catch counterfeiters for the Secret Service. Its story was so worn and familiar, that it seemed like the actors were just going...
- Western
- Lesley Selander
- Dennis Schwartz
- Tim Holt
Aug 5, 2019 · Routine shoot-em up B-Western directed by Lesley Selander (“Gunplay”/”Indian Agent”/”Masked Raiders”) and written by Ed Earl Repp. In 1890, the Secretary of the Treasury in Washington requests the help of the Texas Rangers to crack a counterfeit ring working in the Badlands of Texas.
Law of the Badlands (1951) was one of nearly 30 westerns pairing Holt with frequent sidekick Richard Martin, with the partners playing Texas Rangers this time out, tasked by the Secretary of the Treasury in Washington D.C. to ankle a counterfeiting ring operating out of the aptly-named frontier town Badland.
3 ★★★½ ratings (14%) 2 ★★★★ ratings (9%) ★★★★★. Popular reviews. ★★½. 4 likes. Recent reviews. The Texas Rangers send Dave and Chito into the badlands to see if they can locate a counterfeiting operation. They arrive posing as wanted outlaws and this gets them into the gang.
