Man from Music Mountain (1943)

Roy returns to his hometown to make a radio appearance as a singing cowboy. There he finds himself in the middle of a war between sheep raisers and cattlemen.

Director:

Joseph Kane

Writers:

J. Benton Cheney (screenplay), Bradford Ropes (screenplay)

Stars:

Roy Rogers, Trigger, Bob Nolan

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Roy Rogers	...	Roy Rogers
Trigger	...	Trigger - Roy's Horse
Bob Nolan	...	Bob
Sons of the Pioneers	...	Musicians
Ruth Terry	...	Laramie Winters
Paul Kelly	...	Victor Marsh
Ann Gillis	...	Penny Winters
George Cleveland	...	Sheriff Hal Darcey
Pat Brady	...	Pat Brady- Sons of the Pioneers
Renie Riano	...	Christina Kellogg - Housekeeper
Paul Harvey	...	Arthur Davis
Hank Bell	...	Adobe Joe
Jay Novello	...	Henchman Barker
Hal Taliaferro	...	Henchman Slade

Storyline

Roy returns home to fine a range feud between the cattlemen and the sheepmen. When his friend is killed he finds the rifle had a defective pin. He learns the rifle belongs to a ranch hand named Barker and that a third party has caused the feud. When he captures outlaws trying to blow up a dam, he claims Barker was the killer. But Barker has switched rifles and the outlaws now accuse Roy and Roy finds himself in trouble.

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Plot Keywords:

double feature film | singing cowhands | cattle ranch | cattle rancher | sheep ranch | 

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Taglines:

THE KING OF THE COWBOYS IN ACTION, SONG AND ROMANCE (original print ad-all caps)

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Genres:

Music | Western

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 October 1943 (USA)

Also Known As:

Texas Legionnaires

Filming Locations:

Andy Jauregui Ranch - Placerita Canyon Road, Newhall, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Republic Pictures (I)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

71 min (original) 54 min (edited)

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Pat Brady: Hmmm, very grave. Very grave. The fibula and the tibula have gone haywire. His cerebellum has suffered a cranial cataclysm. I'm afraid that miosterial gravis with neocropsy might set in.

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Connections

Featured in Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (2000)

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Soundtracks

Deeper and Deeper
Written by Smiley Burnette

User Reviews

Radio Cowboy Returns To His Roots

In the modern west where Roy Rogers westerns were being set in, presumably the cattle and sheep range wars were a thing of the past. But in The Man From Music Mountain rancher Paul Kelly is looking to get it all started again, the object being to have the sheepherders grazing rights revoked by the government so he can grab it all for himself.

Standing in the way are sisters Ruth Terry and Ann Gillis who own a sheep ranch, but they've got some hands working with Kelly to drive them off their spread.

Roy Rogers plays visiting radio cowboy who has not forget his western roots. He gets himself secretly deputized and with some forensics discovers who's been doing some promiscuous shooting.

The Man From Music Mountain which was the title of a Gene Autry hit a few years back sadly got butchered for television and a lot of the singing was excluded. I agree with the previous reviewer that a director's cut would be a lot better, but we're not likely to see one of those.