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The Fighting Ranger
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The Fighting Ranger

1925-05-11 · 360 min · ★ 9.0

Action · Western

After crashing his plane in the wilderness, a young airborne forest ranger is nursed back to health by a mountain man and his pretty daughter in this 18-chapter serial from Universal.

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Directors
Jay Marchant
Production companies
Universal Pictures
Countries
United States of America
Status
Released

Top Cast

Jack DoughertyJack DoughertyTerrence O'Rourke (as Jack Daugherty)
Eileen SedgwickEileen SedgwickMary Marshall
Al WilsonAl WilsonBud Hughes
Bud OsborneBud OsborneTopaz Taggart
William WelshWilliam WelshJohn Marshall
Charles AveryCharles AveryMiguel Cordero
Frank LanningFrank LanningKomi
Sam PoloRamon
Slim ColeBuck
Gladys RoyStella Montrose

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