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Director:
Gus Meins
Writers:
Zane Grey (novel)
Daniel Jarrett (screenplay)
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Release Date:
18 October 1937 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Action | Music | Western See more »
Tagline:
A happy-go-lucky cowboy, blazing his way through the cattle country...routing rustlers with his six-guns, winning romance with his songs! (original ad) See more »
Plot:
Singing cowboy Randy shows up at Mrs. Blake's ranch. She is beset by badguys, and Randy loves her daughter Janet. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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Cast

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Smith Ballew ... Randy Porter
Cecilia Parker ... Janet Blake
Stanley Fields ... Barry Barker
Ruth Robinson ... Edwina Blake
Wally Albright ... Danny Blake (as Wally Albright Jr.)
Frank Milan ... Arthur Hathaway
Bill Elliott ... Odie Fenton (as Gordon Elliott)
Budd Buster ... Cowhand Shorty
Harry Bernard ... Ranch Foreman Shep
Buster Fite ... Singing Cowhand
Buster Fite and His Six Saddle Tramps ... Singing Cowhands
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
'Hi Pockets' Busse ... Musician (uncredited)
Frank Ellis ... Blake Hand (uncredited)
Bob Fite ... Musician (uncredited)
Herman Hack ... Barfly (uncredited)
Howard C. Hickman ... Dr. Cooper (uncredited)
Lloyd Ingraham ... Banker Wilson (uncredited)
Edward LeSaint ... Doctor (uncredited)
Monte Montague ... Henchman Bixby (uncredited)
Bud Osborne ... Henchman (uncredited)
Tex Palmer ... Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Hal Price ... Mike, the Bartender (uncredited)
Syd Saylor ... Pinky - Cowpoke (uncredited)
Bill 'Shorty' Scott ... Musician (uncredited)
Frank Shannon ... Fred Morgan (uncredited)
James Sheridan ... Barfly (uncredited)
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Directed by
Gus Meins 
 
Writing credits
Zane Grey (novel "The Dude Ranger")

Daniel Jarrett (screenplay) (as Dan Jarrett)

Produced by
Sol Lesser .... producer
 
Cinematography by
Harry Neumann 
 
Film Editing by
Arthur Hilton 
Albert Jordan 
 
Art Direction by
Lewis J. Rachmil 
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Wilbur McGaugh .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
T.A. Carman .... sound engineer (as Tom Carman)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jerry Bos .... wardrobe
 
Music Department
Abe Meyer .... music supervisor
 

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Runtime:
57 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Victor High Fidelity Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
Filming Locations:
Bishop, California, USA
Company:
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Did You Know?

Quotes:
[Danny is confined to a wheelchair]
Danny Blake:Oh, I can't walk.
Barry Barker:Oh, that's tough!
Danny Blake:Oh, no it's not. I bet I can beat you in a runnin' and I'll give you a head start.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (2000) (TV)See more »
Soundtrack:
Roll Along, Ride 'em CowboySee more »

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3 out of 3 people found the following review useful.
From the Open Mike to the Open Range, 2 May 2006
Author: bkoganbing from Buffalo, New York

Smith Ballew certainly had the right credentials to be a singing cowboy, having been born in Texas. But he got his first break singing with the Leo Reisman Orchestra. For those of you who saw the Eddy Duchin Story, Leo Reisman was the society orchestra that also gave Eddy Duchin his start and featured him as well as Ballew.

But Hollywood grabbed him when the singing cowboy vogue started and he was cast as the tall gallant hero. It helped that he looked a lot like Randolph Scott in my humble opinion.

In Roll Along, Cowboy he and sidekick Stanley Fields have to collect a debt from a widow rancher with her two children owed to their boss in order for their salaries to be paid. Of course arriving at the ranch they get all involved in the problems the widow has. One of those other entanglements is daughter Cecelia Parker who Ballew takes a fancy to.

Ballew had a light tenor voice and in the 57 minutes of the film must have sang about 10 songs including standards like Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddles and The Old Chisholm Trail plus a whole lot of forgettable cowboy ditties. Even westerns from Roy Rogers and Gene Autry didn't have as many numbers. Even a whole lot of musicals from the thirties didn't have as many.

Stanley Fields does all right as the roughhewn sidekick, but he's best known for urban roles like gang leader Sam Vettori in Little Caesar. Looks a bit lost at home on the range.

But for those who miss the singing cowboy, here's a chance to catch one whose name ain't Autry or Rogers.

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