The Texans
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Director James P. Hogan Music director Gerard Carbonara Duration Country USA | 6.2/10 IMDb Genre Western Story by Emerson Hough Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer William Wister Haines , Bertram Millhauser , Paul Sloane Release date 12 August 1938 Based on North of 36
by Emerson Hough Cast Randolph Scott (Kirk Jordan), Joan Bennett (Ivy Preston), May Robson (Granna), Walter Brennan (Chuckawalla), Robert Cummings (Alan Sanford), Raymond Hatton (Cal Tuttle)Similar movies Thunder Over the Plains , Three Violent People , Riders of the Whistling Pines , Men of Texas , The McMasters , The Last Picture Show | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Texans is a 1938 American Western film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by James P. Hogan, and starring by Joan Bennett, Randolph Scott and Walter Brennan. The screenplay was written by William Wister Haines, Bertram Millhauser and Paul Sloane and is based on the story North of '36 by Emerson Hough.
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Most of the exterior scenes were filmed about 30 miles (48 km) east of Cotulla, Texas on the 35,000-acre (140 km2) La Mota Ranch. Other scenes were filmed near Laredo, Texas. 2500 Texas Longhorns were used for the herd. Interior scenes were recorded at Paramount Studios in Hollywood. The Texans premiered at San Antonio's Majestic Theater on July 16, 1938.
Synopsis
After the Civil War, a Texas ranch owner (Bennett) is trying to move her cattle to market in Kansas to sell them. A Confederate veteran (Scott) becomes involved with her and learns she wants to use the money to help the South continue fighting. She is harassed on the cattle drive by corrupt Union Army officers and carpetbaggers.
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References
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