Back to 'Movies Starring Roy Rogers (1939-42)
| Year: | August, 1939 |
| Starring: | Roy Rogers |
| Raymond Hatton as Chuckwalla | |
| FYI: A chuckwalla is a lizard that lives in Mexico & the southwestern part of the US. | |
| Co-starring: | Jack Ingram as McDermott |
| George Chessbo as one of the bad guys | |
| Fred Burns as the Sheriff | |
| Locations: | Red Rock Canyon is shown at 5:00 |
| Indianhead and Eagle Beak Rocks can be seen at 10:30 | |
| Nyoka Cliff at Iverson Movie Ranch and Stoney Point can be seen at 49:20 | |
| There's a ranch in the movie but I don't know where it's located (Placerita Canyon?) | |
| Highlights: | Gabby accompanies Roy singing "Ride 'Em Cowboy" |
| Gabby does some dancing when the three cowboys are in jail at 35:00 | |
| Overall rating: | Excellent. |
| Gabby at his best when playing off Raymond. | |
| Plot: | Gabby, Chuckwalla (with his mule Dinah) and Roy are cowboys on Roy's Circle R ranch. |
| The three cowboys meet financier Mr. Hammond, his daughter (Peggy) and a business associate (Tony) when the | |
| three cowboys are moving a herd of cattle along a road. | |
| However, neither group of people knows the identity of the people in the other group | |
| Mr. Hammond was a friend and business associate of Roy's dad. | |
| Mr. Hammond, Peggy & Tony are out west where they'd picked up Wild Fire, a race horse. | |
| The three mounted cowboys have a heated argument with the three people in their car over the right of way. | |
| Later, Roy is attacked by riders while riding Trigger to the bank with the check from the sale of his cattle. | |
| Roy thinks that the riders were out to rob him. | |
| Actually, the riders (head henchman is a Mr. Niles) were driving him off to prevent him from discovering that they | |
| were surveying/propsecting on Roy's ranch. | |
| Gabby and Chuckwalla arrive just in time to assist Roy in running off the bad guys. | |
| Roy finds a piece of equipment dropped by one of the riders. | |
| Gabby shows Roy and Chuckwalla a piece of gold ore that he said he'd found in a mine on Roy's ranch. | |
| Taking the gold sample with them, the three mounted cowboys catch a moving train to go to New York City to meet | |
| Mr. Hammond for the purpose of obtaining a loan. | |
| Unfortunately, they cause much distress for Mr. Hammond as they jump from their speeding horses onto | |
| Mr. Hammond's personal train car. | |
| Roy realizes who Mr. Hammond is when he presents himself at Mr. Hammond's residence. | |
| Peggy befriends Roy and sends the ore sample out to be tested. | |
| Tony enlists the aid of a hoodlum and his gang to keep Roy from doing business with Mr. Hammond. | |
| Wild Fire is going to be in a steeple chase. | |
| To gain favor with Mr. Hammond by having Roy ride and win with Wild Fire, Gabby and Chuckwalla disable | |
| Wild Fire's jockey so that Roy can ride Wild Fire. | |
| As the trainer is saddling Wild Fire, several of the hoodlums knock out the trainer and try unsuccessfully to cut the cinch. | |
| After speaking with the trainer, Gabby and Chuckwalla decide to try to catch and warn Roy, who's already in the | |
| race riding Wild Fire. | |
| Wild Fire wins, but is disqualified due to the antics of Gabby and Chuckwalla. | |
| Peggy has the three cowboys meet her at a local night club, which gives an excuse for Louisiana Lou and Roy to each | |
| each sing a song. | |
| The three cowboys go the supposed location of the ore on Roy's ranch, where they're attacked by the bad guys. | |
| At the same time, Mr. Hammond and Peggy are kidnapped by other bad guys. | |
| Roy and Trigger subdue Mr. Niles as he tries to excape in an automobile. | |
| In the final big shootout; Roy, Gabby and Chuckwalla save Mr. Hammond and Peggy. | |
| Mr. Hammond pays off Mr. Niles' loan. | |
Click Gabby's image to hear the sound bite.
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| Gabby: | “Dern city folks." |
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"Always in a hurry, goin' noplace.” |
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| (After Gabby throws away the automobile keys of some city folks.) |
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| Gabby: | “I been wantin' to do that ever since I seen my first automobile.” |
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| Raymond: | “There otta be a law agin them contraptions.” | |
| Gabby: | "Yeah." | |
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| Gabby and Roy sing "Ride 'em Cowboy" | ||
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| Gabby: | Ah, shut your head you walleyed, bowlegged runt.” |
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| Raymond: | “Who's bowlegged?” | |
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| (Gabby chasing his strayed horse.) | ||
| Gabby: | “Come on back here you lop-eared jackrabbit.” |
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| Gabby: | “Some of these days, Mister, you're gonna go too fer.” |
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| Raymond: | “You been sayin' that for the last 30 years.” |
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| Gabby: | “Yeah, maybe I have. But you ain't gone fer enough yet.” |
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| Gabby: | “Ya know, Chuck. I recommembered a time Roy Rogers jumped a wild mustang |
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over a haywagon, then turned around and jumped him back just to show the horse |
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| who's boss.” | ||
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| Gabby: | Chuckwalla, there's skullduggery goin' on here.” | |
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| (After finding out from Roy that Roy was the president of a molybdenum mine.) | ||
| Raymond: | "“Moly..ah. What did he say?” | |
| Gabby: | “He said ah…ah molidima…ma.” | |
“Oh, don't show your ignorance by asking so dern many fool questions.” |
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| Gabby: | “Well, don't do your thinking out loud.” | |
| "Ya..you make me nervous.” | ||
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| Gabby: | “I been lying." | |
| "There ain't no mine." | ||
| Raymond: | "What?" | |
| Gabby: | "No sir." | |
| "I'm skippin' the country." | ||
| "I'm goin' to South Amerikee." | ||
| "Yes sir.....Bonus Airs, maybe." | ||
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POSTERS, LOBBY CARDS, MOVIE PHOTOS, ETC.
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