Don't Fence Me In (1945)

Director:

John English

Writers:

Dorrell McGowan (original screenplay) and
Stuart E. McGowan (original screenplay) ...

Release Date:

20 October 1945 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

TANTALIZING TUNES! BARKING SIX-GUNS! (original ad)

Plot:

Wildcat Kelly has been dead and buried for years. Or has he? Dale is a reporter for an Eastern magazine...

Plot Keywords:

Song | Magazine | Ranch | Dude Ranch | Friend

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Roy Rogers	...	Roy Rogers
Trigger	...	Trigger
George 'Gabby' Hayes	...	Gabby Whittaker, aka Wildcat Kelly
Dale Evans	...	Reporter Toni Ames
Robert Livingston	...	Jack Chandler
Moroni Olsen	...	Henry Bennett, aka Harry Benson
Marc Lawrence	...	Clifford Anson
Lucile Gleason	...	Mrs. Prentiss (as Lucille Gleason)
Andrew Tombes	...	Cartwright
Paul Harvey	...	Governor Thomas
Tom London	...	Ben Duncan, Sheriff of Twin Wells
Douglas Fowley	...	Jack Gordon
Steve Barclay	...	Tracy (as Stephen Barclay)
Edgar Dearing	...	Chief of Police
Bob Nolan	...	Bob

Runtime:

71 min (original version) | 54 min (edited version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #11124)

Filming Locations:

Big Bear Lake, California, USA

Company:

Republic Pictures

Trivia:

A scene from this movie was depicted in the Stars Hall of Fame wax museum in Orlando, Florida.

Quotes:

Jack Chandler: He was buried in Twin Wells.
Toni Ames: Kind of tough on the drinking water wasn't it?

Soundtrack:

A Kiss Goodnight

I can't find Helen Talbot in this film

In looking over Helen Talbot's list of film appearances on the IMB, I noticed that she supposedly appearance in Don't Fence Me In, as a dancer. There is an opening dance number in the beginning of the film where Dale masquerades as a dancer trying to get an "uncover" story on a politician who professes to be a "Law and Order" man with family values, but is really a dirty old man who likes pinching show girls. Dale is dressed up in a cute little outfit that shows off her legs. She was really a good looking gal and it is ironic that she would even play a part considering her late years as a "Christian" role model mother. But that's another issue. Helen, although she was an actual glamor model and had been a Goldwyn Girl briefly before coming to Republic, does not appear on camera. I have run that sequence through my video machine at slow speed and cannot find any evidence that she was indeed in that film. The same thing in SONG OF NEVADA, another Rogers musical, where she was supposedly cast as an airline stewardess. I stand ready for correction, gentlemen.