"Gene's making crooks go straight -- straight into a ranger trap!"
A former Texas Ranger teams up with some of his old colleagues to rid the state of corruption in their new police force.
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Gene Autry
Virginia Huston
Ann Bellamy
Thurston Hall
Colonel James Bellamy
Judy Nugent
Cathy Evans
Robert Livingston
Adjutant General Slayden
Harry Cording
Ted Driscoll
Robert Bice
Captain Yancey
Frank Sully
Policeman Kelly
Richard Alexander
Patrol Headquarters Leader
Lois Austin
Mrs. Martha Wilson
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