
Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains
Western
Overview
Tex Granger heads toward Three Buttes when he comes across a young boy guarding a gold shipment which he has just rescued from a stagecoach that had been held up by Blaze Talbot and Reno
Top Cast


Robert Kellard
Robert Kellard
Tex Granger
Robert Kellard
Tex Granger


Peggy Stewart
Peggy Stewart
Helen Kent
Peggy Stewart
Helen Kent


Robert "Buzz" Henry
Robert "Buzz" Henry
Timmy Perkins
Robert "Buzz" Henry
Timmy Perkins


Smith Ballew
Smith Ballew
Blaze Talbot
Smith Ballew
Blaze Talbot


Jack Ingram
Jack Ingram
Reno
Jack Ingram
Reno


I. Stanford Jolley
I. Stanford Jolley
Rance Carson
I. Stanford Jolley
Rance Carson


Terry Frost
Terry Frost
Luke Adams, Carson's Henchman
Terry Frost
Luke Adams, Carson's Henchman
Jim Diehl
Jim Diehl
Conroy, Carson's Henchman
Jim Diehl
Conroy, Carson's Henchman


Britt Wood
Britt Wood
Sandy White
Britt Wood
Sandy White
Tiny Brauer
Tiny Brauer
Morgan, Carson's Henchman
Tiny Brauer
Morgan, Carson's Henchman
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