Cowboy and the Senorita (1944)

Bad guy Craig Allen, gambler and town boss, tries to take a gold mine inherited by innocent Chip Williams on her seventeenth birthday. Roy and his pal 'Teddy' Bear ride to help the girl and her cousin.

Director:

Joseph Kane

Writers:

Gordon Kahn (screenplay), Bradford Ropes (original story)

Stars:

Roy Rogers, Trigger, Mary Lee

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Roy Rogers	...	Roy Rogers
Trigger	...	Trigger
Mary Lee	...	Chip Williams
Dale Evans	...	Ysobel Martinez
John Hubbard	...	Craig Allen
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams	...	'Teddy' Bear
Fuzzy Knight	...	Fuzzy
Dorothy Christy	...	Lulubelle
Lucien Littlefield	...	Judge Loomis
Hal Taliaferro	...	Matt Ferguson
Jack Kirk	...	Sheriff Gilbert
Capella	...	Specialty Dancer
Patricia	...	Specialty Dancer
Jane Beebe	...	Specialty Dancer
Ben Rochelle	...	Specialty Dancer

Storyline

Chip has inherited a supposedly worthless gold mine from her father and Craig Allen is about to buy it. Roy suspects the mine may be valuable and using a clue left by Chip's father, investigates. He finds the hidden shaft that contains the gold and with the posse chasing him on a trumped up robbery charge, races to town with ore samples hoping to get there before the ownership is transferred.

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Plot Keywords:

gold | gold mine | half sister | horse | singing cowboy | 

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Taglines:

Brimming with Romance...flooded with melody...bursting with action---it's Roy's most zestful musical adventure!

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Genres:

Western

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 May 1944 (USA)

Also Known As:

Pulseira Misteriosa

Filming Locations:

Walker Ranch - 19152 Placerita Canyon Road, Newhall, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Republic Pictures (I)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

78 min 78 min (original) 52 min (edited)

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

First on-screen teaming of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.

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Quotes

[first lines]
'Teddy' Bear: I'm so hungry I could eat that gee-tar.
Roy Rogers: If they don't like this song, we'll both eat it.
'Teddy' Bear: And make broth out of the strings. Give 'em the works, Roy!

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Connections

Featured in Smile (2005)

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Soundtracks

"Bunk House Bugle Boy"
Written by Tim Spencer and Bob Nolan

User Reviews

Mild Fun With Roy And Dale

Riding into town, Roy Rogers and Guinn "Big Boy" Williams are mistaken for kidnappers. Chased out of town, they encounter the missing girl in question and agree to help look for her father's buried treasure, money that could spare her sister Dale Evans from marrying the rich town bully.

Another typical, albeit pleasantly entertaining Roy Rogers adventure, this has a slick villain, fun support by underused sidekick Williams, the first pairing of Roy and Dale, and an appealing performance by Mary Lee, as Dale's kid sister.

However, like a lot of Roy's later pictures, the music is a bit of a disappointment, being more in a pop vein than country or western. For example, the grand finale has Dale, Roy, and Lee singing a silly song about "The Enchilada Man"!