ID

FBW001363      Fiction

Country / Year

USA, 1942

Original Title

Texas to Bataan

Other Title(s)

The Long, Long Trail [VT-GB]

Directed by

Robert Emmett Tansey

Produced by

Monogram Pictures Corporation, Los Angeles, CA / New York, NY

Staff

Producer: George W. Weeks; Script: Arthur Hoerl; Camera: Robert Cline; Editing: Roy Claire; Musical direction: Frank Sanucci

Cast

John King (Dusty); David Sharpe (Davy); Max Terhune (Alibi); Marjorie Manners (Dallas); Budd Buster (Tad); Kenne Duncan (Capt. Anders); Escoliastico Baucin (Cookie); Frank Ellis (Richards); Carl Mathews (Engel); Guy Kingsford (Miller); Steve Clark (Conroy); Al Ferguson (Tuillax); Tom Steele (Lamac); Tex Palmer (Grob)

Length

56'

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Abstract

Wartime oater which has the Range Busters traveling to the Philippines in order to deliver a shipment of livestock to the Army. Once there, they discover a Japanese spy masquerading as a Filipino cook. They put an end to his insidious schemes, managing at the same time to stop a similar plot in the US.

Subject Terms

Anti-Nazi films (US); Ships

Bibliography

- Okuda, Ted: The Monogram Checklist. The Films of Monogram Pictures Corporation, 1931-1952. Jefferson, NC / London: McFarland, 1987
- Nash, Ray R. / Ross, Stanley R. / Conelly, Robert B. (Ed.): Motion Picture Guide. Chicago, IL: Cinebooks, 1987