| Tex Granger | |
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 Poster of chapter 10 (Midnight Ambush) | |
| Directed by | Derwin Abrahams |
| Screenplay by | Arthur Hoerl Lewis Clay Harry L. Fraser (as Harry Fraser) Royal K. Cole |
| Story by | George H. Plympton |
| Produced by | Sam Katzman |
| Starring | Robert Kellard Peggy Stewart Robert 'Buzz' Henry Smith Ballew |
| Cinematography | Ira H. Morgan |
| Edited by | Earl Turner |
Production company | Sam Katzman Productions |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 270 minutes (15 episodes) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Tex Granger is a 1948 AmericanWesternfilm serial featuring the title character as a masked cowboy referred to asThe Midnight Rider of the Plains in the serial's subtitle. It was based on a character from the comicCalling All Boys while the plot was taken fromThe Last Frontier (1926),[1] which was itself based on the novel of the same name byCourtney Ryley Cooper.Tex Granger was the 36th of the 57 serials released by Columbia.
When Tex Granger rides into Three Buttes, Helen Kent persuades him to buy the local newspaper office. However, loan shark Rance Carson appoints the bandit Blaze Talbot as town marshal to act as his enforcer and soon the town is in chaos. With fighting between rival gangs, Tex dons a mask to become "The Midnight Rider of the Plains" and bring the criminals to justice.
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| Preceded by Brick Bradford (1947) | ColumbiaSerial Tex Granger(1948) | Succeeded by Superman (1948) |