The Forest Rangers (1942)

9.0/10 87 min Drama

Overview

Ranger Don Stuart fights a forest fire with timber boss friend Tana 'Butch' Mason, and finds evidence of arson. He suspects Twig Dawson but can't prove it. Butch loves Don but he, poor fool, won't notice her as a woman; instead he meets socialite Celia in town and elopes with her. The action plot (Don's pursuit of the fire starter) parallels Tana's comic efforts to scare tenderfoot Celia back to the city.

Cast

Fred MacMurray

Don Stuart

Paulette Goddard

Celia Huston Stuart

Susan Hayward

Tana 'Butch' Mason

Lynne Overman

Jammer Jones

Albert Dekker

Twig Dawson

Eugene Pallette

Howard Huston

Regis Toomey

Frank Hatfield

Rod Cameron

Jim Lawrence

Clem Bevans

Terry McCabe

James Brown

George Tracy

Kenneth Griffith

Ranger

Keith Richards

Ranger

Jimmy Conlin

Otto Hanson

Wade Boteler

Sheriff (uncredited)

George Chandler

Keystone Cop (uncredited)

Chester Clute

Judge (uncredited)

Sarah Edwards

Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)

Jack Mulhall

Lookout (uncredited)

Pat West

Bartender (uncredited)

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