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The Ranger and the Lady

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This is a really fun Roy film. Its one of his rare historically set movies and has a good script, good production values and a top supporting cast. If you are'nt into the more musical and modern Roy movies you will like this one.

The King of the Cowboys and Trigger. What can I say - - it's Roy Rogers! A must if you are a fan. B-westerns are alive and well and this one is better than most.

If you long for a good western movie, you'll enjoy this.
Ranger and the Lady

Republic Pictures present "THE RANGER AND THE LADY" (30 July 1940) (64 mins/B&W) (Fully Restored/Dolby Digitally Remastered) --- Roy Rogers (born Leonard Slye) moved to California in 1930, at the age of 18 --- played in such musical groups as The Hollywood Hillbillies, Rocky Mountaineers, Texas Outlaws and his own group, the International Cowboys --- In 1934 he formed a group with Bob Nolan and Tim Spencer called "Sons of the Pioneers" --- While in that group he was known as Leonard Slye, then Dick Weston and finally Roy Rogers --- Their songs included "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" --- They first appeared in the western "Rhythm on the Range" (1936), starring Bing Crosby --- In 1937 Roy went solo and made his first starring film in 1938, "Under Western Stars" (1938) --- He made almost 100 films --- then came television, "The Roy Rogers Show" (1951) ran on CBS from October 1951 through September 1964.

Under Joseph Kane (Director / Producer), Stuart Anthony (Screenwriter), Gerald Geraghty (Screenwriter), Bernard McConville (Short Story Author), Reggie Lanning (Cinematographer), Cy Feuer (Musical Direction/Supervision), Peter Tinturin (Songwriter), Les Orlebeck (Editor) - - - - Our story line and plot, Texas Ranger Captain Roy Colt (Roy Rogers) intervenes in the scheme of one of President Sam Houston's underlings to illegally tax wagon trains on the Santa Fe Trail --- in tis interesting istorical feature a woman leads the wagon train --- Unlike the standard simpering B-Western ingenues, our heroine Jane Taylor (Wells), owner of a trading-service, fights side by side with Colt against the despotic Kincaid (Harry Woods) --- one of my favorite all time badmen Harry Woods, Henry Brandon and stuntman Yakima Canutt and Ted Mapes --- some wonderful tunes, AS LONG AS WE ARE DANCING and NOTHING COMPARES TO MY SWEET CONCHITA.

the cast includes
Roy Rogers ... Texas Ranger Captain Roy Colt
Trigger ... "Smartest Horse in the Movies"
George 'Gabby' Hayes ... Texas Ranger Sergeant Gabby
Julie Bishop ... Jane Tabor (as Jacqueline Wells)
Harry Woods ... Kincaid
Henry Brandon ... General Larue
Noble Johnson ... Henchman El Lobo
Si Jenks ... Freighter Hank Purdy
Ted Mapes ... Henchman Kramer
Yakima Canutt ... Mack
Roy Bucko ... Henchman
Fred Burns ... Freighter Winslow
Spade Cooley ... Bent's Banjo Player
Art Dillard ... Freight wagon driver
Al Haskell ... Accordion player
Lloyd Ingraham ... Doctor Corbin
Tom London ... Independant Freight wagon driver
LeRoy Mason ... Jane's dance partner
Al Taylor ... Wagon guard

BIOS:
1. Roy Rogers (aka: Leonard Franklin Slye)
Date of Birth: 5 November 1911 - Cincinnati, Ohio
Date of Death: 6 July 1998 - Apple Valley, California

2. George 'Gabby' Hayes (aka: George Francis Hayes)
Date of Birth: 7 May 1885 - Wellsville, New York
Date of Death: 9 February 1969 - Burbank, California

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Total Time: 64 min on DVD ~ Republic Pictures ~ (7/13/2004)