A retired Texas Ranger and his three aging pals are hired to clean up a lawless town.A retired Texas Ranger and his three aging pals are hired to clean up a lawless town.A retired Texas Ranger and his three aging pals are hired to clean up a lawless town.
Kristin Harmon
- Hannah Rose
- (as Kris Nelson)
Bob Hoy
- Frank Mace
- (as Bobby Hoy)
Bob Herron
- Lafe Jordan
- (as Bobby Herron)
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- TriviaThis film and its sequel, The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again (1970), were both intended to be pilots for ABC series, but neither was picked up.
- GoofsThe Texas flag is upside down in the room of Nash Crawford (Walter Brennan) at about 14:00 minutes. The correct orientation is for the white bar to be on top with the Lone Star pointing upward.
- Quotes
Nash Crawford: No Ranger retires perpendicularly.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hollywood Comedy Legends (2011)
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Oldies But Goodies
When newspaperman and mayoral candidate Ricky Nelson finds himself the target of his crooked rivals, father-in-law Pat O'Brien gives a call to his old partners in the Texas Rangers, Walter Brennan, Edger Buchanan, and Chill Wills. The only problem is that they're all old as dirt and very rusty when it comes to their law-enforcement skills, making them a laughing stock, but not for long.
Although this has a great concept, it's a little too tongue-in-cheek and devoid of action most of the time. Then again, how much action can you expect from a group of elderly actors? Still, the climax is decent.
A great cast, also including Jack Elam, Andy Devine, and Gypsy Rose Lee (who died soon after), helps make this made-for-television movie way more entertaining than it otherwise would have been.
The next year brought a somewhat superior sequel, followed nineteen years later by a second, Once Upon A Texas Train, in which Elam replaced Buchanan.
Although this has a great concept, it's a little too tongue-in-cheek and devoid of action most of the time. Then again, how much action can you expect from a group of elderly actors? Still, the climax is decent.
A great cast, also including Jack Elam, Andy Devine, and Gypsy Rose Lee (who died soon after), helps make this made-for-television movie way more entertaining than it otherwise would have been.
The next year brought a somewhat superior sequel, followed nineteen years later by a second, Once Upon A Texas Train, in which Elam replaced Buchanan.
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