Song of Nevada (1944)

When John Barrabbee's plane makes an emergency landing, he wanders off and joins Roy's cattle drive. Later he learns he was killed when his plane resumed its flight and crashed. He also ... See full summary »

Director:

Joseph Kane

Writers:

Olive Cooper (original screenplay), Gordon Kahn (original screenplay)

Stars:

Roy Rogers, Trigger, Dale Evans

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Roy Rogers	...	Roy Rogers
Trigger	...	Trigger, Roy's Horse
Dale Evans	...	Joan Barrabee
Mary Lee	...	Kitty Hanley
Lloyd Corrigan	...	Professor Hanley
Thurston Hall	...	John Barrabee
John Eldredge	...	Rollo Bingham
Forrest Taylor	...	Colonel Jack Thompson
George Meeker	...	Chris Calahan
Emmett Vogan	...	Master of Ceremonies
LeRoy Mason	...	Ferguson
Bob Nolan	...	Bob
Sons of the Pioneers	...	Musicians

Storyline

When John Barrabbee's plane makes an emergency landing, he wanders off and joins Roy's cattle drive. Later he learns he was killed when his plane resumed its flight and crashed. He also learns his daughter is going to sell his ranch and marry a man he dislikes. So he gives Roy a job on the ranch and sends him off to see if he can prevent both of these events while he remains in hiding.

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Plot Keywords:

airplane crash | medicine show | horse

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Taglines:

YOU'LL CHEER! YOU'LL APPLAUD! YOU'LL LOVE ROY ROGERS in this new song-filled super-adventure!

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Genres:

Western

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 August 1944 (USA)

Also Known As:

Acidente Afortunado

Filming Locations:

Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Republic Pictures (I)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

75 min 75 min (original) 54 min (edited)

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Approximately 25% of this film's original running time landed on the cutting room floor when it was shortened for television fifty years ago. Only this abbreviated version appears to currently exist.

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Soundtracks

"What Are We Going to Do?"
Written by Charles Henderson

User Reviews

One of my favourite Rogers films!

This is one of my favourite Roy Rogers films...it's only 55 minutes, so the writing is tight and there aren't many distractions from the story (which is a problem in some later ones); the music is at its top; the acting is all quite good; there's even a stagecoach race!! And the story itself is quite amusing, which also became a problem in later films when they were being churned out a mile a minute and the quality severely deteriorated. It's just a shame the print I saw was really poor quality...it would have been even more enjoyable.

I'm not the biggest Roy Rogers fan, I don't like the genre much, although I find his films more amusing than most others (and I near-*despise* Gene Autry...), but sometimes he's on, and he is here. His screen-presence is really high here, and he plays off of the other characters quite well.

Overall: This is definitely better than most of the others I've seen; I should probably hunt down some more of the earlier ones...I'd definitely recommend this to any Rogers fan! 8/10.