The Texas Rangers: Gunsmoke Mesa (1939) / Renfrew of the Royal Mounted: Fighting Mad (1939)

Gunsmoke Mesa (1939, B&W): Texas Rangers Jim Steele, Tex Wyatt and Panhandle Perkins discover the corpses of a miner and his young wife in a remote cabin. While looking for clues, they find the couple's infant son hidden in a back room. Leaving the baby in Panhandle's care, Jim and Tex ride into town to get to the bottom of the killings. They learn that the child is the sole heir to a valuable mine, and that an outlaw gang is desperate to locate the boy and eliminate him as part of their scheme to claim the inheritance. After the outlaws overpower Panhandle and snatch the baby, the Rangers mount a manhunt to stop them from carrying out their gruesome plans. Stars James Newill, Dave O'Brien, Sally Blane, Benny Rubin, Milburn Stone; Directed by Sam Newfield.

Fighting Mad (1944, B&W): Sgt. Renfrew of the Mounties and his partner, Sgt. Kelly ride to the rescue of a damsel in distress. Pretty Ann Fenwick is trapped in the back of a runaway house-trailer as it plummets down a steep mountain road and into a lake. After being plucked from the frigid water, she takes her suitcase and disappears into the forest. Renfrew and Kelly are startled by her behavior until they learn that Ann was being held hostage by a gang of American bank robbers, and that the suitcase she's carrying is filled with stolen cash. Now the Canadian lawmen must find the woman before the vengeful outlaws catch up with her. Stars James Newill, Dave O'Brien, Guy Wilkerson, Jack Ingram, Kermit Maynard; Directed by Harry L. Fraser.

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