TEX GRANGER Midnight Rider of the Plains 1948 15 CHAPTER SERIAL Tex Granger is a Columbia movie serial featuring the title character as a masked cowboy referred to as The Midnight Rider of the Plains in the serial's subtitle. Tex Granger was played by Robert Kellard. 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. PLOT: Tex Granger, on his way to Three Butes, comes across a young boy guarding a gold shipment which he has just rescued from a stagecoach. Tex and young Timmy turn the gold over to the crooked Rance Carson who uses his loan office to carry out crooked land deals. When Blaze shows up in town Carson has him appointed town marshal, intending to use him as his enforcer, but Blaze has higher aspirations, and soon the town is ablaze with gunfire and plots as Blaze, Carson, and Reno and his gang battle each other and the citizens. Meanwhile, persuaded by Helen Kent, Tex buys the local newspaper, dons a mask and becomes "The Midnight Rider of the Plains" and works against all three gang factions to bring law and order to Three Buttes. CAST: Robert Kellard ... Tex Granger, aka 'The Midnight Rider' Peggy Stewart ... Helen Kent Robert 'Buzz' Henry ... Timmy Perkins (as Buzz Henry) Smith Ballew ... 'Marshal' Blaze Talbot Jack Ingram ... Reno, Gang Leader I. Stanford Jolley ... Rance Carson Terry Frost ... Luke Adams, Carson Henchman [Chs.1-6] Jim Diehl ... Conroy, Carson Henchman Britt Wood ... Sandy White Tiny Brauer ... Morgan, Carson Henchman (as Bill Brauer) Duke ... Duke, the Dog CHAPTERS: 1. Tex Finds Trouble 2. Rider of Mystery Mesa 3. Dead or Alive 4. Dangerous Trails 5. Renegade Pass 6. A Crooked Deal 7. The Rider Unmasked 8. Mystery of the Silver Ghost 9. The Rider Trapped 10. Midnight Ambush 11. Renegade Roundup 12. Carson's Last Draw 13. Blaze Takes Over 14. Riding Wild 15. The Rider Meets Blaze Running time: 15 chapters (270 min) Overseas items (eg to USA) are sent by ROYAL MAIL AIRMAIL. ROYAL MAIL do not do tracking for airmail items unless you pay considerably more for insurance for the privilege – as anything posted overseas (eg, to the USA) is not under their control. This is usually prohibitively expensive, but if you would like your item insured please contact me first. Items are usually sent the day after you pay, or perhaps the same day depending on the time difference, and delivery normally takes about two weeks (10 days usually, but sometimes longer). During busy periods (Christmas especially) it can take around three weeks. This applies to postage to USA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, and to a limited extent, also to Europe. PLEASE NOTE I AM A UK SELLER POSTAGE TAKES LONGER (a couple of weeks, not a couple of days).