TEX RIDES WITH THE BOY SCOUTS (1937) Tex Ritter, Forrest Taylor & Marjorie Reynolds | Western | B&W

Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts is a 1937 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and starring singing cowboy Tex Ritter and Troop 13 Los Angeles District Boy Scouts of America. The film was shot in Old Kernville, California and premiered on Broadway in November 1937.

SYNOPSIS
Tex is after the gang that robbed a train of a gold shipment. He suspects Dorman is the culprit and is hiding their gold at his mine. When Stubby sees Dorman's henchman Stark cash in some gold nuggets, Tex tricks Dorman into moving the gold. He hopes to round them up with the help of the posse and the local Boy Scout Troop.

The film opens with a tribute to the Boy Scouts of America with footage of their first Jamboree in Washington, D.C., and an appearance by Robert Baden-Powell.

The scene switches to the robbery of a train carrying $1,000,000 in gold by a gang of outlaws, who hide out at an abandoned gold mine before they attempt to take the gold across the border into Mexico. Tex Ritter and his two sidekicks are warned off from the mine, but join the nearby camp of a troop of Boy Scouts who are impressed when Tex informs them that he was a Boy Scout and shows them his Silver Beaver Award.

CAST & CREW
Tex Ritter – Tex Collins
Forrest Taylor – Dorman
Marjorie Reynolds – Norma Willis
Horace Murphy – Stubby
Snub Pollard – Pee Wee
Tommy Bupp – Buzzy Willis
Charles King – Bert Stark
Karl Hackett – Newt Kemp
Lynton Brent – Pete
Philip Ahn – Sing Fung
Members of Troop 13 Los Angeles District Boy Scouts of America – Themselves

Directed by Ray Taylor
Written by Edmond Kelso, Lindsley Parsons
Produced by Edward Finney
Cinematography Gus Peterson
Edited by Frederick Bain
Music by Frank Sanucci
Distributed by Grand National Pictures
Release date Nov 1937
Running time 66 minutes
Country United States
Language English