Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts

Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts is a 1937 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and starring singing cowboy Tex Ritter and Troop 13 Los Angeles District Boy Scouts of America. The film was shot in Old Kernville,^[1] California^[2] and premiered on Broadway in November 1937.^[3]

Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts
Film poster
Directed by	Ray Taylor
Written by	Edmond Kelso Lindsley Parsons
Produced by	Edward Finney
Starring	Tex Ritter Marjorie Reynolds
Cinematography	Gus Peterson
Edited by	Frederick Bain
Music by	Frank Sanucci
Distributed by	Grand National Pictures
Release date	November 1937 (1937-11)
Running time	66 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

The film opens with a tribute to the Boy Scouts of America with footage of their first Jamboree in Washington, D.C., and an appearance by Robert Baden-Powell.

The scene switches to the robbery of a train carrying $1,000,000 in gold by a gang of outlaws, who hide out at an abandoned gold mine before they attempt to take the gold across the border into Mexico. Tex Ritter and his two sidekicks are warned off from the mine, but join the nearby camp of a troop of Boy Scouts who are impressed when Tex informs them that he was a Boy Scout and shows them his Silver Beaver Award. Tex and his sidekicks investigate the robbery, then, helped by the Scouts, recovers the gold and brings the gang to justice.

Cast

• Tex Ritter – Tex Collins
• Forrest Taylor – Dorman
• Marjorie Reynolds – Norma Willis
• Horace Murphy – Stubby
• Snub Pollard – Pee Wee
• Tommy Bupp – Buzzy Willis
• Charles King – Bert Stark
• Karl Hackett – Newt Kemp
• Lynton Brent – Pete
• Philip Ahn – Sing Fung
• The Beverly Hillbillies – Themselves
• Members of Troop 13 Los Angeles District Boy Scouts of America – Themselves

Soundtrack

• Red River Valley
  • Performed by the Beverly Hillbillies
• I'm Headin' For My Texas Home
  • Sung by Tex Ritter
• The Gal I Left Behind Me
  • Sung by Tex Ritter with the Beverly Hillbillies

See also

• Drum Taps