---
title: 'The Texas Rangers (1936)'
type: 'film'
director: 'King Vidor'
released: '1936-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 86
genres:
  - 'Western'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-texas-rangers-1936'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028352/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Texas Rangers (1936)

1936 · 86 min · Western · United States


## Synopsis

The Texas Rangers is a 1936 American Western film directed by King Vidor and starring Fred MacMurray and Jack Oakie. The picture was nominated for Best Sound Recording at the 9th Academy Awards. The film was inspired by incidents from Walter Prescott Webb's 1935 history book The Texas Rangers, A Century of Frontier Defense but filmed in New Mexico.

## Credits

- **Director:** [King Vidor](https://cinepixo.com/people/king-vidor)
- **Screenplay:** [King Vidor](https://cinepixo.com/people/king-vidor)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Boris Morros](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-morros)
- **Producer:** [King Vidor](https://cinepixo.com/people/king-vidor)
- **Director of Photography:** [Edward Cronjager](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-cronjager)
- **Editor:** [Doane Harrison](https://cinepixo.com/people/doane-harrison)

## Cast

- [Irving Bacon](https://cinepixo.com/people/irving-bacon)
- [Jed Prouty](https://cinepixo.com/people/jed-prouty)
- [Frank Leyva](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-leyva)
- [Spencer Charters](https://cinepixo.com/people/spencer-charters)
- [Fred MacMurray](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-macmurray)
- [Charles Middleton](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-middleton)
- [Frank Ellis](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-ellis)
- [George "Gabby" Hayes](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-gabby-hayes)
- [Rhea Mitchell](https://cinepixo.com/people/rhea-mitchell)
- [Jack Oakie](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-oakie)
- [Frank Cordell](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-cordell)
- [Lloyd Nolan](https://cinepixo.com/people/lloyd-nolan)
- [Dell Henderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/dell-henderson)
- [Jean Parker](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-parker)
- [Edward Ellis](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-ellis)

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