Come on Danger (1942) Online
Ranger Jack Mason is sent to Manzanita to bring in Ann Jordan, head of the Jordan gang, reputed to have murdered a rancher and stolen his herd. Mason helps her out during an ambush and, gaining her confidence, hears her side of the story - that tax collector Ott Ramsey, in cahoots with the law, is illegally increasing taxes on ranches and foreclosing on them, and was responsible for the murder in question. Learning she's telling the truth, Mason tries to put her under protective custody but must change his plans when Ramsey and his gang kidnap her and plan her murder.
| Complete credited cast: | |||
 | Tim Holt | - | Jack Mason |
 | Frances E. Neal | - | Ann Jordan (as Frances Neal) |
 | Ray Whitley | - | Smokey |
| Lee 'Lasses' White | - | Whopper |
| Karl Hackett | - | Ott Ramsey |
| Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart | - | Russ |
 | Glenn Strange | - | Henchman Sloan |
| Evelyn Dockson | - | Aunt Fanny (as Evlynn Dockson) |
| Davison Clark | - | Ranger Captain Blake |
 | John Elliott | - | Saunders |
 | Slim Whitaker | - | Sheriff (as 'Slim' Whitaker) |
| Kate Harrington | - | Maggie |
| Henry Roquemore | - | Jed |
A four-minute-long scene near the end of Come on Danger is an exact copy - line for line and shot for shot - of a scene in George O'Brien's The Renegade Ranger. Watch for the scenes at the 50-minute mark in both movies. It begins with the hero and two sidekicks listening outside a window as the villain discusses murdering the heroine, followed by a fight in which the villains' cook comes out of the kitchen and disrupts the fight by cutting the rope which holds up a suspended wagon-wheel chandelier. In Come on Danger the hero is Tim Holt and his sidekicks are Ray Whitley and Lee White. In The Renegade Ranger the hero is George O'Brien and his sidekicks are Ray Whitley (again) - and none other than Tim Holt. In both versions, Tim Holt pretends to be injured and staggers passed two guards, then he falls over while his two companions jump the distracted guards.
Before joining the U.S. Army Air Force and serving as a B-29 bombardier in the Pacific, Tim Holt made over a dozen westerns. The studio experimented with different comic sidekicks, with Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards in almost half of them. However, in Come on Danger he actually has two sidekicks - singing cowboy Ray Whitley and old timer Lee 'Lasses' White - who played Smokey and Whopper, respectively.
Singing cowboy Ray Whitley (Tim's sidekick, Smokey) is famous for writing Gene Autry's signature song, 'Back in the Saddle' again. According to Hollywood lore, Whitely received a phone call from RKO one morning asking him to write a song for a movie he'd be appearing in later that same day. He wrote the song in just a few minutes and performed it in the film that afternoon. Soon after that, Gene Autry heard it and used it in his next movie. It became Autry's theme song from then on.
The attractive heroine in Come on Danger is Frances E. Neal, who became the third wife of Van Helfin on May 16, 1942, less than three weeks before the release date of this film on June 5, 1942.
Glenn Strange and "Lasses" White were cousins.
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