Rainbow Over the Range
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{{Infobox film
| name = Rainbow Over the Range
| image = Rainbow Over the Range poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Albert Herman
| producer = Edward Finney
| screenplay = Robert Emmett Tansey
Roger Merton
| story = Roland Lynch
| starring = Tex Ritter
Slim Andrews
Dorothy Fay
Gene Alsace
Warner Richmond
James Pierce
| cinematography = Marcel Le Picard
| editing = Fred Bain
| studio = Monogram Pictures
| distributor = Monogram Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1940|7|29}}
| runtime = 60 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
Rainbow Over the Range is a 1940 American Western film directed by Albert Herman and written by Robert Emmett Tansey and Roger Merton. The film stars Tex Ritter, Slim Andrews, Dorothy Fay, Gene Alsace, Warner Richmond and James Pierce. The film was released on July 29, 1940, by Monogram Pictures.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/87630/rainbow-over-the-range |title=Rainbow over the Range (1940) - Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=2019-12-31}}{{cite web|author=Hans J. Wollstein |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/rainbow-over-the-range-v107195 |title=Rainbow over the Range (1940) - Albert Herman |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=2019-12-31}}{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/5470-RAINBOW-OVERTHERANGE |title=Rainbow Over the Range |publisher=Catalog.afi.com |date= |accessdate=2019-12-31}}
Plot
A gang of horse thieves have killed the sheriff and his deputy and have stolen all the horses that Jeff Manners needs to fulfill his contract with the U. S. Cavalry, then U.S. Marshal Tex Reed and his pal, Slim Chance, arrive in town. Tex then beats gang member Bart Griffin in a fight, Rader and Griffin decide to get Tex out of the way. They frame Jeff, but he joins forces with Tex in time to stop another horse raid in which Slim is injured.
==Cast==
- Tex Ritter as Tex Reed
- Slim Andrews as Slim Chance
- Dorothy Fay as Mary Manners
- Gene Alsace as Bart
- Warner Richmond as Gene Griffin
- James Pierce as Jim Rader
- Chuck Morrison as Buck Reding
- Dennis Moore as Jeff Manners
- Charles Wilcox as Musician
- Ted Bronson as Musician
- Garland Edmundson as Musician
- Zoebra McLain Jackson as Singer
- Pinkie Jackson as Musician
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0032966|Rainbow Over the Range}}
{{Albert Herman}}
Category:American Western (genre) films
Category:1940 Western (genre) films
Category:Monogram Pictures films
Category:Films directed by Albert Herman
Category:American black-and-white films