Well I have to admit, after a few hundred 'B' Westerns and almost fifty alone starring Roy Rogers, here's a story concept I've never seen before and it makes for an entertaining picture. Apparently a band of outlaws led by Willis Newcomb (Robert Strange) is using a smuggling racket to bring fellow criminals back across the Mexican border into the States for a hefty fee. When Roy's border patrol buddy is put out of commission by the bad guys, he takes up the case to uncover the enterprise and bring the bad guys to justice.
Plenty of surprises for Western fans here - the border officer who gets amnesia is none other than Clayton Moore, making an appearance just about a year before he debuted as TV's Lone Ranger. I've seen him in a couple of Gene Autry and Durango Kid films as a villain, but catching him here with Roy was a first. Not only that, but another Autry regular is on hand here too, with Gail Davis showing up without having to be an obligatory love interest for our hero. Rather refreshing I would say. Apparently Andy Devine was so well established by this time as a regular that he appears in the credits as Cookie Bullfincher, even though his last name was never mentioned, but if you're a Roy Rogers fan I guess you just take it for granted.
There's a host of other B Western regulars appearing in the picture as well, all of whom showed up more than once in Roy's TV series in a couple of years. There's Roy Barcroft (henchman Bart Carroll), Holly Bane (henchman Rocco), Lane Bradford (as henchman Butch) and Tom London (rancher Anderson), and if you're any kind of Roy Rogers or Gene Autry fan you'll recognize them on sight.
I have to say though, Roy's strategy for treating Tom Sharper's (Moore) amnesia was somewhat questionable. When singing with Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage failed to bring him back to his senses, Roy figured beating the snot out of him might be a worthwhile strategy. Fortunately it worked, but today he probably would have been arrested after having the clip show up on You Tube. Not to mention having to deal with all those barrel clichés that you could come up with as a result of the story. Come on now, I know you can come up with a couple yourself.
Plenty of surprises for Western fans here - the border officer who gets amnesia is none other than Clayton Moore, making an appearance just about a year before he debuted as TV's Lone Ranger. I've seen him in a couple of Gene Autry and Durango Kid films as a villain, but catching him here with Roy was a first. Not only that, but another Autry regular is on hand here too, with Gail Davis showing up without having to be an obligatory love interest for our hero. Rather refreshing I would say. Apparently Andy Devine was so well established by this time as a regular that he appears in the credits as Cookie Bullfincher, even though his last name was never mentioned, but if you're a Roy Rogers fan I guess you just take it for granted.
There's a host of other B Western regulars appearing in the picture as well, all of whom showed up more than once in Roy's TV series in a couple of years. There's Roy Barcroft (henchman Bart Carroll), Holly Bane (henchman Rocco), Lane Bradford (as henchman Butch) and Tom London (rancher Anderson), and if you're any kind of Roy Rogers or Gene Autry fan you'll recognize them on sight.
I have to say though, Roy's strategy for treating Tom Sharper's (Moore) amnesia was somewhat questionable. When singing with Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage failed to bring him back to his senses, Roy figured beating the snot out of him might be a worthwhile strategy. Fortunately it worked, but today he probably would have been arrested after having the clip show up on You Tube. Not to mention having to deal with all those barrel clichés that you could come up with as a result of the story. Come on now, I know you can come up with a couple yourself.