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Joel McCrea stars as Texas Ranger Jace Pearson in police-style Western cases inspired by Texas law-enforcement files, combining modern investigation with the setting and traditions of the Rangers.
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Ranger Jace Pearson is called to a rural ranch after an entire family is found murdered. With little more than the crime scene and the circumstances of the discovery to work from, he begins the investigation…
A roadside murder leads Ranger Jace Pearson to a criminal operation concealed inside an apparently abandoned motel.
Pearson tracks a hitchhiker who murdered a traveling salesman to a remote hideout near Apache Peak.
Two murderous brothers flee toward the Mexican border as the Rangers close in for a deadly confrontation.
A rancher's murder and an arson reveal clues pointing toward an unexpected suspect.
A bank robbery followed by a fatal hit-and-run sends Pearson after a calculating killer.
A rancher's murder exposes a cattle-rustling operation and the mastermind behind it.
A sheriff's murder exposes corruption and a gambling operation in the town he was supposed to protect.
A safecracker exploits the Texas City disaster to fake his death and escape the law.
An escaped killer coerces another prisoner and leaves a violent trail marked by discarded candy wrappers.
The Rangers go undercover in an oil boomtown to expose a hot-oil syndicate and solve a related murder.
Pearson and another Ranger pursue a violent border narcotics ring responsible for multiple killings.
The murder of a woman and her child reveals betrayal and a killer hired to do the job.
Pearson investigates a killer exploiting a grieving family that lost a daughter during the war.
A dangerous fugitive named John Elliot Bascom breaks jail and is pursued across Texas.
A store owner's murder initially implicates his ex-convict nephew, but evidence reveals a deliberate frame-up.
An apparent ranch suicide proves to be a murder plot arranged by unlikely conspirators.
A hotel-room corpse leads Pearson through mistaken identity and cattle rustling.
A torn dollar bill becomes the crucial clue linking Pearson to a murder suspect.
Pearson follows a fleeing killer across rough country toward the border.
Days before Christmas, a bank robbery leaves a guard gravely wounded and pulls a desperate father and his children into the case.
A dirt farmer's murder exposes family jealousy and an attempt to frame someone else.
A woman's body found in a freight-train duffel bag leads Pearson to bootlegging and murder.
A killing first blamed on a gambler turns into a chain of deception, further death, and betrayal.
The pitchfork murder of a farmer reveals theft of valuable alfalfa and a betrayal.
A missing paymaster leads to theft, arson, and a deadly logging-country scheme.
The hatchet murder of a high-school teacher exposes academic fraud and teenage deception.
A family killing rooted in old resentment is solved when a sugar bowl provides Ranger Jace Pearson with the crucial clue.
The Rangers follow stolen cargo to the men who hijacked and murdered two truck drivers.
An injured guide dog leads Pearson to the body of its blind owner and into a murder investigation.
A used-car dealer's murder reveals a blackmail scheme centered on an adopted child.
The Rangers hunt a violent cop-killer after a local constable is ambushed and murdered.
Pearson must test a murder confession, protect an innocent man, and stop a mob from taking justice into its own hands.
The killing of a drafted man uncovers deep family resentment and an unexpected motive.
The Rangers expose entrenched murder and corruption in an oil-rich Texas county.
Deaths blamed on accidental food poisoning prove to be part of a deliberate murder scheme.
A small-town doctor's murder opens onto cattle rustling, conspiracy, and another killing.
The murder of a sharecropper reveals a farmer's greed and violent attempt to cover his tracks.
After a West Texas square dance, Pearson pursues a drifter responsible for murder and theft.
