Apache Rose (1947)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

William Witney

Writer:

Gerald Geraghty (writer)

Release Date:

15 February 1947 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

The Vegas own an oil rich ranch and Calhoun is after the mineral rights. He gets Carlos Vega to run huge gambling debts...

Plot Keywords:

Oil | Gambler | Gambling Debt | Trucolor | Horse

Cast

Roy Rogers	...	Roy Rogers
Trigger	...	Trigger, Roy's Horse (as The Smartest Horse in the Movies)
Dale Evans	...	Billie Colby
Olin Howland	...	Alkali Elkins (as Olin Howlin)
George Meeker	...	Reed Calhoun
John Laurenz	...	Henchman Pete
Russ Vincent	...	Carlos Vega
Minerva Urecal	...	Felicia
LeRoy Mason	...	Henchman Hilliard
Donna Martell	...	Rosa Vega (as Donna de Mario)
Terry Frost	...	Sheriff Jim Mason
Conchita Lemus	...	Dancer
Tex Terry	...	Henchman Likens
Bob Nolan	...	Bob
Sons of the Pioneers	...	Musicians

Runtime:

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

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Trucolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)

Filming Locations:

Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park - 10700 W. Escondido Canyon Rd., Agua Dulce, California, USA

Company:

Republic Pictures (I)

Trivia:

Film debut of Donna Martell (billed as Donna DeMario).

Quotes:

Billie Colby: Carlos, how can I take you seriously? All those escapades... and not forgetting that weakness for gambling, either. I don't like it.
Carlos Vega: Billie, I've given that up. Honest!
Billie Colby: Wanna make a bet?
Carlos Vega: Why, sure, anything!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (2000) (TV)

pleasantly subtle differences

Songs not so western-sounding; Dale and Roy initially at odds; coastal setting; believable, interesting story with intelligent humor - elements of this film which favorably impressed me, without a "try-too-hard-to-be-different" result. "Apache Rose" is the name of a small boat, skippered by Dale. Oil prospector Roy dislikes Dale's delivery plans for his equipment, but, eventually, they warm up to each other, with disguised Dale actually assisting to apprehend the villainous Reed Calhoun, who operates a casino-boat and covets oil-rich land owned by Dale's suitor - the gambling-indebted Carlos Vega, and his sister from out-of-town, Rosa. Some of the comic relief is aptly provided by the bumbling, years-worn, Roy-admirer, Alkali. After twelve years of pretty-much formulaic Roy Rogers movies - which, by this time numbered around 75 - it's nice to see one which is not quite the same as many of them, but doesn't overdo the uncharacteristic.