Product Details

• Actors: Sammy Baugh, Neil Hamilton, Pauline Moore, Duncan Renaldo, Charles Trowbridge
• Format: Black & White, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 2
• Studio: Republic Pictures
• VHS Release Date: May 30, 1995
• Run Time: 214 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301216172
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #279,318 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Ranger!, August 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: King of the Texas Rangers [VHS] (VHS Tape)

'Slingin' Sammy Bough made only one movie, this rip-roaring, fantastic l2-episode serial which should rank with the greatest. Co-starring with B-actress, the plucky Pauline Moore, Sammy is a terrific action hero and the best cliff-hanger episode is when he and Pauline are trapped in a shed while all the oil wells explode around them. Neil Hamilton is a suave and evil and delightful villain. The camera set-ups, the fight sequences and especially the imaginative climax of each episode ranks with Spy Smasher, Daredevils of the Red Circle and G-Men Versus the Black Dragon. Wish Sammy had starred in more flicks, although some film historians point out his amateurish attempts at acting. In serials, acting isn't what fans want (except in a villian). we want our heroes to be fearless and macho and Sammy delivers these qualities in spades.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best, March 1, 2003

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"dhhyman" (ADELPHI, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: King of the Texas Rangers [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I was in fifth or sixth grade when I saw the first chapter of this serial. (I am 71 years old now.) I really loved westerns and it was a few years before I became a Redskin fan. I really liked Sammy Baugh and looking at the special effects in the serial now really makes me appreciate the genius of the people who made them.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of its kind, October 27, 2011

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Robert Jones (Cross Lanes, WV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: King of the Texas Rangers [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The other reviews you will read for this film are all insightful and to the point. I like to view it from a historical perspective. Today there are both kids and adults who never heard of Sam Baugh, or Gene Autry for that matter. For those who are aware of the serial years 1929 to 1956) we know them to be an intregal part of movie making. There is very little on either the big screen or your TV that was not in the serials. And they were amazingly prophetic of the future. Flying wings, television, personal radio communications, radio guided weapons all as early as 1936.King of the Texas Rangers had speed boats and air craft of various kinds, but its excitement was in its variety of action and ever changing locale. As with King of the Royal Mounted, Republic actually went on location away from the boring and familiar rock piles of north Los Angeles County. Sammy Baugh was a pleasant surprise and could have had a career as a Republic western star. Many people my age have commented on the great sound track music of Republic 's thrillers. Cy Feur turned out a masterpiece for this one. KING is a prewar/ spy enemy agent obviously Nazis set in the Texas oil fields with non stop action. My DVD is top quality sight and sound. Its King of the Royal Mounted with southwest scenery and Sammy is a charmer you and your kids will love