A U.S. marshal is sent to investigate a gang that is stealing horses from the cavalry.A U.S. marshal is sent to investigate a gang that is stealing horses from the cavalry.A U.S. marshal is sent to investigate a gang that is stealing horses from the cavalry.
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Slim Andrews
- Slim Chance
- (as 'Arkansas Slim' Andrews)
James Pierce
- Jim Rader
- (as Jim Pierce)
Zoebra McLain Jackson
- Singer
- (as Joleen McLain)
Tex Palmer
- Henchman
- (uncredited)
James Sheridan
- Henchman
- (uncredited)
Tommy Southworth
- School Kid
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaWarner Richmond was thrown from his horse shortly after shooting began and fractured his skull, which is why he's seen for a very short time in the beginning of the film and then not seen at all for the rest of it. It took three months before he was able to work again, and he never fully recovered from his injuries. He made his last film in 1946 and then retired. He died two years later.
- ConnectionsEdited into Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (1976)
- SoundtracksRainbow Over the Range
by Fleming Allen
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Stealing Army Horses
Rainbow Over The Range has Tex Ritter cast as a US Marshal with Slim Andrews as his Deputy/Sidekick. They're called in on a job because someone is rustling horses that are consigned to the US Army and the local sheriff and deputy are killed right at the beginning of the film.
Not much suspense in this film mainly because within the first 10 minutes we know exactly who the outlaw leader. In fact the idea is to deprive the brother and sister who currently have the government contract for cavalry horses of same. And on the front this despicable villain is even willing to go after the school where the sister teaches.
The brother and sister are Dennis Moore and Dorothy Fay and shortly after this film was made, Tex Ritter and Dorothy Fay tied the knot in real life. Fay gave up her career which mostly consisted of B westerns like this one where she also co-starred such folks as George Houston, Buck Jones, and Wild Bill Elliott.
Rainbow Over The Range is a pleasing enough B western for Tex Ritter who while he does get a couple of songs in, the accent is on riding and shooting. He and Andrews have a nice comic number with Fay's school kids attending. That's worth checking out.
Not much suspense in this film mainly because within the first 10 minutes we know exactly who the outlaw leader. In fact the idea is to deprive the brother and sister who currently have the government contract for cavalry horses of same. And on the front this despicable villain is even willing to go after the school where the sister teaches.
The brother and sister are Dennis Moore and Dorothy Fay and shortly after this film was made, Tex Ritter and Dorothy Fay tied the knot in real life. Fay gave up her career which mostly consisted of B westerns like this one where she also co-starred such folks as George Houston, Buck Jones, and Wild Bill Elliott.
Rainbow Over The Range is a pleasing enough B western for Tex Ritter who while he does get a couple of songs in, the accent is on riding and shooting. He and Andrews have a nice comic number with Fay's school kids attending. That's worth checking out.
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- Mar 29, 2012
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By what name was Rainbow Over the Range (1940) officially released in Canada in English?
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