King of the Texas Rangers

King of the Texas Rangers
Directed by
Written by
Produced byHiram S. Brown Jr.
Starring
CinematographyReggie Lanning
Production
company
Distributed byRepublic Pictures
Release date
  • October 4, 1941 (1941-10-04) (U.S. serial)
Running time
  • 12 chapters (215 minutes) (serial)
  • 6 26½-minute episodes (TV)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$138,536 (negative cost: $139,701)

King of the Texas Rangers (1941) is a Republic film serial. Set in the years prior to America entering World War II, the plot is slightly anachronistic in that the serial features a mix of period western and modern elements, which was not unknown in the B-Western films also produced by Republic. Although the serial's plot involves cowboys battling Axis agents in Texas, Nazis are never named as such, but their presence is strongly implied within the serial.