This is another one of those Roy Rogers flicks in which he portrays himself as a well known and popular singing cowboy, working his way around the country on a national tour. There's a gal named Jackie Dalrymple (Dale Evans) who has a major crush on him, attending five of his Chicago concerts, and heading off to the town of Dalrymple where her father grew up and made a name for himself. Trouble is, Dad (Robert Emmett Keane) has no use for cowboy crooners in general, and Roy in particular, and forbids his daughter to play his records. He even breaks one she's listening to!
Jackie temporarily disguises herself as a boy to hitch a ride on a railroad freight car to Dalrymple on which Roy has Trigger stabled. The ruse works for a little while, but you might as well say it didn't work at all since Roy sees through the disguise, along with Sheriff Gabby Whittaker (Gabby Hayes) when they all meet up in town. While in Dalrymple, Roy decides to take part in the Annual Celebration horse race after attempting to foil a casino holdup at the Dalrymple Club. It looked like a no-holds barred horse race once it got going, as riders routinely attempted to sabotage each other, with casino owner Kirby Haynes (Sheldon Leonard) directing his rider McAvoy (Kenne Duncan) to get rid of Roy and insure his winnings. In a bit of unusual script writing, Roy didn't own Trigger in this flick; he was part of the elder Dalrymple's stable. Even odder, during the race in which three relay stops were made for the riders to get fresh horses, Roy appeared to mount Trigger four different times!! At least it worked, earning Roy the win, after which he put down bad guy Haynes in front of the saloon crowd.
The story is bookended by the film's title song, along with some additional tunes by Roy and Dale. Bob Nolan and his Sons of the Pioneers get into the act too, and they even throw in a little dance choreography into one of their musical numbers. I caught this on one of the streaming Western channels as part of the Happy Trails Theater with Roy and Dale hosting from back in the Eighties. Before and after the screening of each movie, they would talk about the making of the movie and other related stuff. This time they both explained how they came about their professional stage names. In case you didn't know, Roy's real name was Leonard Slye, and Dale's was Frances Octavia Smith!
Jackie temporarily disguises herself as a boy to hitch a ride on a railroad freight car to Dalrymple on which Roy has Trigger stabled. The ruse works for a little while, but you might as well say it didn't work at all since Roy sees through the disguise, along with Sheriff Gabby Whittaker (Gabby Hayes) when they all meet up in town. While in Dalrymple, Roy decides to take part in the Annual Celebration horse race after attempting to foil a casino holdup at the Dalrymple Club. It looked like a no-holds barred horse race once it got going, as riders routinely attempted to sabotage each other, with casino owner Kirby Haynes (Sheldon Leonard) directing his rider McAvoy (Kenne Duncan) to get rid of Roy and insure his winnings. In a bit of unusual script writing, Roy didn't own Trigger in this flick; he was part of the elder Dalrymple's stable. Even odder, during the race in which three relay stops were made for the riders to get fresh horses, Roy appeared to mount Trigger four different times!! At least it worked, earning Roy the win, after which he put down bad guy Haynes in front of the saloon crowd.
The story is bookended by the film's title song, along with some additional tunes by Roy and Dale. Bob Nolan and his Sons of the Pioneers get into the act too, and they even throw in a little dance choreography into one of their musical numbers. I caught this on one of the streaming Western channels as part of the Happy Trails Theater with Roy and Dale hosting from back in the Eighties. Before and after the screening of each movie, they would talk about the making of the movie and other related stuff. This time they both explained how they came about their professional stage names. In case you didn't know, Roy's real name was Leonard Slye, and Dale's was Frances Octavia Smith!