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* {{Nephewism}}: Nancy is Tom's niece. There is no reason why she could not have been his daughter, which would have made more sense and not altered the plot one iota.

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* {{Nephewism}}: Nancy is Tom's niece. There is niece--there's no (known) reason why she could not couldn't have been his daughter, which would wouldn't have made more sense and not altered the movie's plot one iota.in any way. If anything, it would've made way more sense for Nancy to be his daughter instead of his niece.
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* BlackRobe: The Hooded Riders where black robes and hoods that make them resemble TheKlan.

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* BlackRobe: BlackCloak: The Hooded Riders where wear black robes and hoods that make them resemble TheKlan.
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* BlackRobe: The Hooded Riders where black robes and hoods that make them resemble TheKlan.
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* {{Nephewism}}: Nancy is Tom's niece. There is no reason why she could not have been his daughter, which would have made more sense and no altered the plot one iota.

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* {{Nephewism}}: Nancy is Tom's niece. There is no reason why she could not have been his daughter, which would have made more sense and no not altered the plot one iota.
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* MalevolentMaskedMen: Tex Ritter battles a band of malevolent outlaws who wear hoods that give them more than a passing resemblance to TheKlan.
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* TheSheriff: The sheriff of Redeye is an honest man, but easily duped by the bad guys and prone to jumping to the wrong conclusion.
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* WrongfulAccusationInsurance: Tex suffers no consequences for breaking out of jail to prove his innocence. of course, as he just rounded up all of the gang that has been terrorizing the entire county, it probably behooves TheSheriff to cut him some slack.

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* WrongfulAccusationInsurance: Tex suffers no consequences for breaking out of jail to prove his innocence. of Of course, as he just rounded up all of the gang that has been terrorizing the entire county, it probably behooves TheSheriff to cut him some slack.

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In a small frontier mining town, a gang of outlaws in black hoods is running roughshod over locals, presiding over a reign of terror. Tex (Tex Ritter) and Stubby (Horace Murphy) take up the dying wish of Tom (Lafe McKee), a kindly rancher killed by the gang, to capture the marauders. Knowing that the survival of the local mine and the heart of Tom's sweet niece (Iris Meredith) are on the line, Tex and Stubby go undercover in the gang, hoping to bring them down from the inside.

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In a small frontier mining town, a gang of outlaws in black hoods is running roughshod over locals, presiding over a reign of terror. Tex (Tex Ritter) and Stubby (Horace Murphy) take up the dying wish of Tom (Lafe McKee), [=McKee=]), a kindly rancher killed by the gang, to capture the marauders. Knowing that the survival of the local mine and the heart of Tom's sweet niece (Iris Meredith) are on the line, Tex and Stubby go undercover in the gang, hoping to bring them down from the inside.



* AlmostDeadGuy: Tom Wilson is shot and LeftForDead by the Hooded raiders, but he clings to life long enough to gasp a dying message to Tex.



* NotQuiteDead: Tom Wilson is shot and LeftForDead by the Hooded raiders, but he clings to life long enough to gasp a dying message to Tex.

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* NotQuiteDead: Tom Wilson is shot and LeftForDead by WrongfulAccusationInsurance: Tex suffers no consequences for breaking out of jail to prove his innocence. of course, as he just rounded up all of the Hooded raiders, but he clings gang that has been terrorizing the entire county, it probably behooves TheSheriff to life long enough to gasp a dying message to Tex.cut him some slack.

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!!''TheMystery of the Hooded Horsemen'' contains examples of:

* ItsProbablyNothing:
* TheKlan: The Hooded Riders are a gang seeking to take control of the valley through fear and intimidation. They wear black robes with white crosses, and black pointed hoods

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!!''TheMystery !!''The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen'' contains examples of:

* ItsProbablyNothing:
ChairmanOfTheBrawl: During the fight in the saloon, Blackie smashes a chair over Tex's head. Tex shrugs it off as if it is nothing.
* CoolHorse: Tex's horse White Flash gets second billing behind Tex Ritter, and ahead of the rest of the humans in the cast.
* DressingAsTheEnemy: Tex uses the hood and robe taken from a dead Rider to infiltrate a meeting of the Hooded Riders.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: The deputy at the jail gets distracted by Stubby's pointless story and fails to notice White Flash yanking the bars out of the cell window.
* ItsProbablyNothing: Tex trails Blackie to the meeting place of the Riders. At one point, Blackie thinks he is being followed, but then dismisses it, saying "It's probably just a coyote".
* TheKlan: The Hooded Riders are a gang seeking to take control of the valley through fear and intimidation. They wear black robes with white crosses, and black pointed hoodshoods.
* TheManBehindTheMan: While Norton is the apparent leader of the Hooded Riders, he makes references to a 'big boss' who is really issuing the orders.
* {{Nephewism}}: Nancy is Tom's niece. There is no reason why she could not have been his daughter, which would have made more sense and no altered the plot one iota.
* NotQuiteDead: Tom Wilson is shot and LeftForDead by the Hooded raiders, but he clings to life long enough to gasp a dying message to Tex.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The big boss of the Riders guns down Norton once the Riders' power has been broken and he has no further use for him.

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''The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen'' is a 1937 American film directed by Ray Taylor. It was [[{{Cowboy}} Singing Cowboy]] Tex Ritter's eighth film for Grand National Pictures.

In a small frontier mining town, a gang of outlaws in black hoods is running roughshod over locals, presiding over a reign of terror. Tex (Tex Ritter) and Stubby (Horace Murphy) take up the dying wish of Tom (Lafe McKee), a kindly rancher killed by the gang, to capture the marauders. Knowing that the survival of the local mine and the heart of Tom's sweet niece (Iris Meredith) are on the line, Tex and Stubby go undercover in the gang, hoping to bring them down from the inside.

!!''TheMystery of the Hooded Horsemen'' contains examples of:

* ItsProbablyNothing:
* TheKlan: The Hooded Riders are a gang seeking to take control of the valley through fear and intimidation. They wear black robes with white crosses, and black pointed hoods

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