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Tex Granger (1948)

Tex Granger poster
Original title
Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains
Directed by
Derwin Abrahams
Genre
western
Country
United States
Runtime
4h 30m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A masked cowboy known as the Midnight Rider of the Plains fights for justice in the Old West. The story involves a mystery and a struggle against outlaws.

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What happens

Tex Granger is a 1948 American Western film serial featuring the title character as a masked cowboy referred to as The Midnight Rider of the Plains in the serial's subtitle. It was based on a character from the comic Calling All Boys while the plot was taken from The Last Frontier (1926), which was itself based on the novel of the same name by Courtney Ryley Cooper. Tex Granger was the 36th of the 57 serials released by Columbia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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