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King of the Cowboys

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King of the Cowboys
Directed byJoseph Kane
Written byOlive Cooper
J. Benton Cheney
Hal Long
StarringRoy Rogers
Smiley Burnette
Peggy Moran
Gerald Mohr
Distributed byRepublic Pictures
Release date
  • April 9, 1943 (1943-04-09)
Running time
67 minutes
73 minutes
(Original Version)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

King of the Cowboys is a 1943 film directed by Joseph Kane, starring Roy Rogers and Smiley Burnette. It is set in Texas during World War II. Life Magazine published an article on their July 12, 1943, by H. Allen Smith about Roy Rogers, calling him the "King of the Cowboys-Roy Rogers Kisses the Horse, Not the Heroine".[1]

Premise

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Starring in a rodeo, Roy Rogers is secretly summoned by the Governor of Texas who asks Roy to volunteer to track down a sabotage ring. Roy discovers they are members of a travelling show with which Roy and Smiley join.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ p. 248 Pando, Leo Trigger: The Lives and Legend of Roy Rogers' Palomino, 2d ed. McFarland, 12 Mar 2019
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