| Tex Granger | |
| Director: | Derwin Abrahams |
| Producer: | Sam Katzman |
| Screenplay: | Arthur Hoerl Lewis Clay Harry L. Fraser (as Harry Fraser) Royal K. Cole |
| Story: | George H. Plympton |
| Starring: | Robert Kellard Peggy Stewart Robert 'Buzz' Henry Smith Ballew |
| Cinematography: | Ira H. Morgan |
| Editing: | Earl Turner |
| Studio: | Sam Katzman Productions |
| Distributor: | Columbia Pictures |
| Runtime: | 270 minutes (15 episodes) |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Tex Granger is a 1948 American Western film serial featuring the title character as a masked cowboy referred to as The Midnight Rider of the Plains in the serial's subtitle. It was based on a character from the comic Calling All Boys while the plot was taken from The Last Frontier (1926),[1] which was itself based on the novel of the same name by Courtney Ryley Cooper. Tex Granger was the 36th of the 57 serials released by Columbia.
When Tex Granger rides into Three Buttes, Helen Kent persuades him to buy the local newspaper office. However, loan shark Rance Carson appoints the bandit Blaze Talbot as town marshal to act as his enforcer and soon the town is in chaos. With fighting between rival gangs, Tex dons a mask to become "The Midnight Rider of the Plains" and bring the criminals to justice.
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