Deep in the Heart of Texas

September. 25,1942 NR

Rating：

6.1

Genre：

Western

Keywords：

Texas Reconstruction Era

Trailer Synopsis Cast

Hoping to increase its box-office allure by adopting the title of a popular song, Deep in the Heart of Texas (clap!clap!clap!clap!) was the first Johnny Mack Brown western of the 1942-43 season. The plot concerns a group of insurrectionists who intend to keep Texas separate from the rest of the USA.

Johnny Mack Brown as Jim Mallory

Tex Ritter as Brent Gordon

Fuzzy Knight as 'Happy' T. Snodgrass

Jennifer Holt as Nan Taylor

William Farnum as Colonel Mallory

Harry Woods as Sergeant Idaho

Kenneth Harlan as Captain Sneed

Pat O'Malley as Jonathan Taylor

Edmund Cobb as Lieutenant Matthews

Fred Aldrich as Henchman

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Reviews

PodBill

1942/09/25

Just what I expected

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FeistyUpper

1942/09/26

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

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Matialth

1942/09/27

Good concept, poorly executed.

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Scarlet

1942/09/28

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

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classicsoncall

1942/09/29

I saw "The Old Chisholm Trail" a few weeks ago and was surprised to see Johnny Mack Brown, Tex Ritter, Fuzzy Knight and Jimmy Wakely all together in one picture, but lo and behold, here's another one. So with more than a bit of curiosity, I did a little research and learned that after a couple of years as a solo star, Brown got some help from Tex Ritter for a series of seven Westerns over at Universal. Fuzzy and the Jimmy Wakely Trio were also on hand for more than a couple of pictures as well.What caught me even more by surprise in this story was a reference Fuzzy Knight makes about being an entertainer in a medicine show. In "The Old Chisholm Trail", his character was just that - a side-show magician and ventriloquist who has a running gag with Earle Hodgins, who appears in this flick as Judge Peabody. The thing is, 'Chisholm' came a couple of pictures AFTER this one! As an aside, all the main players portrayed different characters in each of the films they appeared in for Universal.The main story here has to do with large Texas land grant owners who defied professing allegiance to the Union following the Civil War. JMB's father (William Farnum) puts himself in charge of a huge tract called 'The Republic of the Rio Grande', and with a typical henchman crew, attempts to secede from Texas and set up his own government. The way it all plays out is just a little too pat, but hey, any B Western running over an hour was pushing it. Let's just say Jim Mallory (Brown) makes good on his promise to 'put Texas back into the Union'.The action takes place in the appropriately named town of Freedom City, Texas, with an opening song number that has Fuzzy Knight taking a crack at the title tune. Things wind up with a rousing finale that features The Pledge of Allegiance and the strains of 'Deep in the Heart of Texas' looming in the background. In that regard, the picture is one of the more patriotic Westerns coming out of the era, with a prominent show of the American flag in more than one scene.

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