Ranger Don Stuart, pursuing a forest arsonist, finds time to romance a socialite.Ranger Don Stuart, pursuing a forest arsonist, finds time to romance a socialite.Ranger Don Stuart, pursuing a forest arsonist, finds time to romance a socialite.
George Barton
- Forest Ranger
- (uncredited)
Monte Blue
- Hotel Clerk
- (uncredited)
Karin Booth
- Cowgirl in Hotel Lobby
- (uncredited)
Wade Boteler
- Sheriff
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThe song "Jingle Jangle Jingle" was introduced in this film.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Cheers: Little Carla, Happy at Last: Part 1 (1987)
- SoundtracksTALL GROWS THE TIMBER
Music by Friedrich Hollaender (as Frederick Hollander)
Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Sung by Fred MacMurray (uncredited)
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Great special effects and pretty cute too!
Whoever thought the beautiful, sexy Susan Hayward would start her career playing a character named "Butch"? In The Forest Rangers, she's not the romantic lead. Paulette Goddard is the beautiful love interest to forest ranger Fred MacMurray, with masculine Susan Hayward waiting in the wings. This love triangle is amusing enough to justify renting this movie, so if you're as much a Susan Hayward fan as I am, I recommend watching it one afternoon for a good laugh.
With tons of special effects combined with real footage of forest fires and controlled burns, The Forest Rangers is a pretty impressive movie for 1942. Stunt doubles are used and abused, and the blue-screen effect is very well edited for the time period. The plot is interesting and fast-paced, and there's both a surprise and a good laugh in the end. It's a little more light-hearted than you'd expect, but it's pretty cute. Plus there's a funny scene between Fred MacMurray and Eugene Pallette straight out of any classic comedy: Fred has been out all night with Paulette, Eugene's daughter, and neither man knows who the other is. So, while Eugene is laughing about Fred's conquest, he has no idea that the girl in question is his daughter!
With tons of special effects combined with real footage of forest fires and controlled burns, The Forest Rangers is a pretty impressive movie for 1942. Stunt doubles are used and abused, and the blue-screen effect is very well edited for the time period. The plot is interesting and fast-paced, and there's both a surprise and a good laugh in the end. It's a little more light-hearted than you'd expect, but it's pretty cute. Plus there's a funny scene between Fred MacMurray and Eugene Pallette straight out of any classic comedy: Fred has been out all night with Paulette, Eugene's daughter, and neither man knows who the other is. So, while Eugene is laughing about Fred's conquest, he has no idea that the girl in question is his daughter!
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- Also known as
- Of Fire by Night
- Filming locations
- Missoula, Montana, USA(U.S. Forest Service parachutists scenes)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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