The Texas Rangers (1936) DVD

Made with the full cooperation of the real-life Texas Rangers, this sprawling historical western stars Fred MacMurray as Jim Hawkins, one of three outlaws working the Lone Star State in the years following the American Civil War.

Both Jim Hawkins and his partner in crime, Wahoo Jones (Jack Oakie), decide to go straight, but their bandit pal, Sam McGee (Lloyd Nolan), has not quite seen the light as they have. Eventually, Jim and Wahoo join the fledgling Texas Rangers, an organization dedicated to bringing law, order and honest government to their state - all the while, McGee cuts a swath of terror with his new gang. When the two reformed outlaws are assigned to bring in their old friend Sam, Jim stalls but Wahoo accepts. However, McGee has a vcious surprise in wait for his former associate and death is on the table. Needless to say, Jim vows to bring McGee to justice, dead or alive...