The Forest Rangers

"Sizzling Adventure...Flaming Romance...Hot as a Forest Fire!"

1942 1h 27m EN

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9.0

MASTERPIECE

★9.0TMDB · 1

Drama

Synopsis

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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.

“Sizzling Adventure...Flaming Romance...Hot as a Forest Fire!”

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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

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: George Marshall
Writers: Thelma Strabel, Harold Shumate
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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87 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 7

ERA

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84 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 7

CAST

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Fred MacMurray and Paulette Goddard and Susan Hayward carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Sizzling Adventure...Flaming Romance...Hot as a Forest Fire!".

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0034749 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

George Marshall directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

187 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
284 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Fred MacMurray and Paulette Goddard and Susan Hayward carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "Sizzling Adventure...Flaming Romance...Hot as a Forest Fire!".
6IMDB entry: tt0034749 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.