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| Year: | June, 1939 |
| Starring: | Roy Rogers [atop uncredited Trigger], as himself, is the top rider on Don Miguel Vargas' rancho |
| Mary Hart (aka Lynne Roberts) as Jean is on a wagon train crossing Don Miguel Vargas' rancho | |
| Gabby (as Gabby) is a wagon train guide and is Jean's uncle | |
| Co-starring: | Harry Woods as Curly, the leader of the outlaws. |
| Jack LaRue as Sujarto, the Don's bad-guy foreman | |
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| Highlights: | Gabby and Roy sing "We're Not Coming Out Tonight" in the wine cellar. |
| Gabby does his infamous kick-em-in-the-shin followed by a double-handed upper cut on one of the | |
| Don's ranch hands when Sujarto attempts to search the nester's camp. Repeats this near the movie's end. | |
| Gabby twirls his gun after the shootout at the end of the movie | |
| Overall rating: | Above average |
| Plot: | During the time that people were moving to the new state of California, the people on a nester's wagon |
| train (Jean is a member of the train) lead by Gabby are traveling on Don Miguel Vargas' rancho. | |
| The members of the wagon train are accused by Sujarto (the Don's bad-guy rancho foreman) of the | |
| robbery of the Don's son, Carlos | |
| Roy intercedes on behalf of the nesters and is banished by the gringo-hating Don. | |
| The real culprit is Sujarto and his band of outlaws led by Curly (Harry Woods). | |
| Roy and Gabby observe Sujarto entering a cave on the coast. | |
| They initially subdue the gang inside but are, in-turn, captured by the bandits. | |
| Sujarto convinces the Don that Roy and Gabby were in on the robbery. | |
| Roy and Gabby are confined to the Don's wine cellar to await trial. | |
| Sujarto murders the Don when the Don goes to the wine cellar to question Roy and Gabby. | |
| Roy and Gabby escape with the help of the Don's daughter. | |
| Roy conceives of a trap. | |
| Carlos sells some cattle and receives payment in the form of a large ball of gold. | |
| When the outlaws attack Carlos, the wagon hauling the gold ball is abandoned, which leaves the | |
| outlaws confused as to how to transport the gold ball. | |
| This allows Roy and others to defeat the bewildered outlaws in the shootout scene. | |
| Sujarto momentarily escapes but is caught and inadvertently killed by Roy in the chase scene. | |
| Roy, having fallen in love with Jean, joins the nesters wagon train. | |
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| Gabby sings "We're Not Coming Out Tonight" with Roy. | ||
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| Roy: | "Gabby, you old horsethief." | |
| Gabby: | "Why ya' young, locoed maverick." | |
| "You've sprouted like a toadstool." | ||
| Roy: | "You're just as ornery as ever, you old mothhead." | |
| Gabby: | "Go on, you young broomtail." | |
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| Gabby: | “Aah, it always takes a female to spoil the fun.” | |
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| (Gabby lambasting his dog.) | ||
| Gabby: | “Nooo, not that way you rattle-brained idgit.” | |
| “Can’t you even faler a man’s trail?” | ||
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| Gabby: | “Why you walleyed weasel.” | |
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| (Gabby lambasting his dog.) | ||
| Gabby: | “Shut-up, will ye." | |
| "You ain't got no more sense than I have.” | ||
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| Gabby: | “Aah, how you gonna argue with a female when she's made-up her mind?” | |
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| Gabby: | “Son, you don’t know nothin’ about women.” | |
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FRAME CLIPS FROM VIDEO
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STARS:
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Mary Hart, as Ellen, with 'General' |
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Mary Hart as Ellen |
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Gabby and Roy |
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Fred Burns, as member of nesters wagon train, with Ellen & Gabby |
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Don Miguel Vargas, Sujarto & Roy |
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Harry Woods, as bad-buy Curly, with fellow unnamed henchman, George Montgomery |
MOVIE LOCATIONS:
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Cave |
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Ranch clip #1 |
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Ranch clip #2 |
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Flat-top rock |
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Rocks |
POSTERS, LOBBY CARDS, MOVIE PHOTOS, ETC.
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Photo I |
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Photo II |