Author Archive: Retro

Trouble in Colorado is tying up Union troops needed back east during the Civil War and Lieut. Burke is sent to investigate. Macklin and his gang are causing the problems and Capt. Mason joins them. When Burke catches up with them he also finds Mason, his brother.

Roy and Gabby deliver horses to Missouri in 1861. When the war breaks out, they become confederate scouts. When the rebel McBride and his gang of murderers attack them, Roy is shot and left for dead. One of McBride’s raiders is Dave who is a friend of Roy and he returns to save him. Later Roy captures McBride’s gang including Dave and has to have them executed. Then he heads after McBride.

Rogers takes on some gamblers for the possession of some oil rich land on the Vegas Ranch. Dir. William Witney

Roy plays a border patrol officer rounding up a ring of silver smugglers with help from Dale and Trigger. Dir. William Witney

Roy is a United States Marshal tracking down a counterfeiting ring and hunting down a mountain lion. Songs: “It’s One Wonderful Day,” “Rootin’ Tootin’ Cowboy,” “Pancho’s Rancho” and the title song

Sheriff Rogers defends an airport from gangsters who are trying to take it over by sabotaging the planes. Dir. William Witney

Roy escorts three important investors to appraise some land, but a big-city gangster kidnaps the three and convinces the sheriff that Roy and the Sons of the Pioneers are responsible. Now, who would believe something like that? Dir. Joseph Kane

First pairing of Roy & Gabby finds them as Ex-Confederate soldiers who are given co-ownership of a large ranch. The problem? Their partner is an Ex-Colonel in the Union Army! Of course, there’s also a murderous outlaw who’s terrorizing the locals, and it’s up to Roy to put things right. Dir. Joseph Kane

Roy gets elected congressman to bring the problems of the “dustbowl” to the attention of Washington. This film marks Roy’s first starring role–taking over the part from Gene Autry, who was on strike against Republic Pictures! Dir. Joseph Kane