As far as I am aware, all the Roy Rogers movies ran around 70 minutes. This one is down to 53 minutes because the idiots cut sections of the film out to later fit into an hour long t.v. Time slot...with commercials. The idiots didn't keep clean copies of most of Roy's films. The cut here is rather apparent, and toward the end of the film where a change in the plot seems to drop out of nowhere, leading to the climax. As a result it's difficult to rate most of these films.
This is not the most brilliant plot to begin with. Billy The Kid -- a sort of hero to some -- is killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett. Okay. Then along comes Roy Roger, who just happens to look exactly like Billy The Kid. And Garrett hires Roy to pretend he's Billy to get the ranchers who are harassing the settlers. Dumb. But actually pleasantly done.
Roy was a handsome young man here. So innocent looking, and a number of his songs here are left intact. Smiley Burnette is a poor substitute for Gabby Hayes, but he's okay. No one else stands out here.
This is not the most brilliant plot to begin with. Billy The Kid -- a sort of hero to some -- is killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett. Okay. Then along comes Roy Roger, who just happens to look exactly like Billy The Kid. And Garrett hires Roy to pretend he's Billy to get the ranchers who are harassing the settlers. Dumb. But actually pleasantly done.
Roy was a handsome young man here. So innocent looking, and a number of his songs here are left intact. Smiley Burnette is a poor substitute for Gabby Hayes, but he's okay. No one else stands out here.