Out California Way (1946)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Monte Hale	...	Monte Hale
	Lorna Gray	...	Gloria McCoy (as Adrian Booth)
	Robert Blake	...	Danny McCoy (as Bobby Blake)
	John Dehner	...	Rod Mason
	Nolan Leary	...	George Sheridan
	Fred Graham	...	Ace Hanlon
	Tom London	...	Johnny
	Jimmy Starr	...	Jimmy Starr, Radio Commentator
	Edward Keane	...	E.J. Pearson
	St. Luke's Episcopal Church Choristers	...	Boy Choir (as St. Luke's Choristers)
	Foy Willing	...	Foy
	Riders of the Purple Sage	...	The Riders of the Purple Sage
	Roy Rogers	...	Roy Rogers
	Trigger	...	Trigger, Roy's Horse
	Allan Lane	...	Allan Lane

Storyline

An interesting oddity in Republic's B-western series but certainly not the first or only time the studio used a movie set as the backdrop of a plot line. Newcomer Monte Hale is tying to just get a job in western films when he meet young Danny McCoy and his sister Gloria. Danny is trying to get his horse, "Pardner" into films. Monte sings a song and "Pardner" does some tricks and a casting director notices. Monte gets a singing-cowboy role and the horse gets a bit, but there is an accidental explosion, engineered by western star George Sheridan, who is jealous of Monte, and the horse is badly scared and blows his lines. Monte takes care of Sheridan in some hand-to-hand fisticuffs and "Pardner", trouper that he is, recovers and performs as expected. Republic contractees Roy Rogers and Dale Evans drop by and sing a song while "Trigger" upstages "Pardner" with some tap-dancing... Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>  

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