The Forest Rangers

The Forest Rangers

87 mins | Drama | Oct. 21, 1942

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.

The Forest Rangers

87 mins | Drama | Oct. 21, 1942

The Forest Rangers
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Paramount
Original title The Forest Rangers
Directors George Marshall
Writers Thelma Strabel, Harold Shumate

Cast

Fred MacMurray

as Don Stuart

Paulette Goddard

as Celia Huston Stuart

Susan Hayward

as Tana 'Butch' Mason

Lynne Overman

as Jammer Jones

Albert Dekker

as Twig Dawson

Eugene Pallette

as Howard Huston

Regis Toomey

as Frank Hatfield

Rod Cameron

as Jim Lawrence

Clem Bevans

as Terry McCabe

James Brown

as George Tracy

Kenneth Griffith

as Ranger

Keith Richards

as Ranger

William Cabanne

as Ranger

Jimmy Conlin

as Otto Hanson

Wade Boteler

as Sheriff (uncredited)

George Chandler

as Keystone Cop (uncredited)

Chester Clute

as Judge (uncredited)

Sarah Edwards

as Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)

Jack Mulhall

as Lookout (uncredited)

Pat West

as Bartender (uncredited)

George Turner

as Cowboy in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

as Collector (uncredited)

Al Thompson

as Lumberjack (uncredited)