Roy Rogers, Gabby Hayes, Dale Evans, and of course -- Trigger...all get together for another of those great old cowboy movies that Roy made back in the 1940s. While this is not the best of Roy's films -- that would be "Don't Fence Me In" with a wonderful Gabby Hayes performance -- this is far better than average.
Here, Gabby and Roy start off on opposite sides when Gabby refuses to breed his horse -- the Golden Sovereign -- with Roy's horse. The two horses escape, and Golden Sovereign is shot...Roy is blamed. Time passes and Roy returns with Trigger, the son of Golden Sovereign. Of course, Roy gets to clear his name.
Another nice thing about this film -- Bob Nolan and the Sons Of The Pioneers. The bad guy here -- once cowboy star himself, and later character actor Jack Holt.
Many of the old Roy Rogers films didn't survive well being cut up to fit 60 minute time slots on black and white television back in the 1950s. This one did (at least the version shown recently on TCM), although the sound track has a very bad hiss throughout.
One thing that these later Roy Rogers films suffered from were clear glimpses that Roy was using a double, for example, in the fight scenes...and that happens here. Gabby Hayes does more real acting in this film -- playing the father to Dale's character, and he shows more depth than usual.
Westerns have certainly lost their dominance in cinema today, and the Roy Rogers films are certainly out of vogue, but historically Roy was the King Of The Cowboys, and this is one of his films that is worth watching.
Here, Gabby and Roy start off on opposite sides when Gabby refuses to breed his horse -- the Golden Sovereign -- with Roy's horse. The two horses escape, and Golden Sovereign is shot...Roy is blamed. Time passes and Roy returns with Trigger, the son of Golden Sovereign. Of course, Roy gets to clear his name.
Another nice thing about this film -- Bob Nolan and the Sons Of The Pioneers. The bad guy here -- once cowboy star himself, and later character actor Jack Holt.
Many of the old Roy Rogers films didn't survive well being cut up to fit 60 minute time slots on black and white television back in the 1950s. This one did (at least the version shown recently on TCM), although the sound track has a very bad hiss throughout.
One thing that these later Roy Rogers films suffered from were clear glimpses that Roy was using a double, for example, in the fight scenes...and that happens here. Gabby Hayes does more real acting in this film -- playing the father to Dale's character, and he shows more depth than usual.
Westerns have certainly lost their dominance in cinema today, and the Roy Rogers films are certainly out of vogue, but historically Roy was the King Of The Cowboys, and this is one of his films that is worth watching.