Author Archive: Retro

Roy Rogers, a highway engineer, strongly favors a youth-rehabilitation camp
sponsored by retired State Prison Warden Parker where young first-offenders
can be reformed without being exposed to penitentiary life. Andrew Willard,
through whose range a new highway is being built, is being secretly robbed
of his pure-bred cattle by his crooked foreman Devery who has marketed the
cattle and replaced them with scrub stock.He then has the herd stampeded
into a landslide set off by dynamite by Roy’s young crew to make them
appear responsible for the loss of the “valuable” cattle. Roy takes the
blame and is ordered off of the property by Willard, over the protests of
his niece June. Then Devery has two of his men, whom he has planted on the
guest ranch ran by Splinters McGonigle, steal a diamond brooch belonging to
Mrs. Edsel and the blame is placed [...]

Now that the Spanish-American war is over, Roy and other Rough Riders become border patrolmen. Their goal is to stop outlaws who are stealing gold from stage coaches and express offices.

Sharpshooter Rogers joins a circus which travels to Deadwood, a town plagued by crooked businessmen. Produced by Joseph Kane. Dir. Joseph Kane

Wales and Blue lead a guerrilla band in league with a European agent who wants to gain control of California’s Gold. Rogers is a freight company agent who gets framed for their nefarious deeds. Produced by Joseph Kane. Dir. Joseph Kane

The Las Vegas celebration of “Heldorado” is interrupted by some racketeers, and Roy and his boys must save the day. Dir. William Witney

Horse breeders Adams and Brock are vying for the Army contract. When Adams is killed trying to ride his horse Trigger, Roy saves the horse from being shot. He trains him and then plans to ride him in the race to win the contract

Insurance Investigator Roy is looking for Weston and the missing money he supposedly obtained in a robbery. When he catches him and listens to his story, he changes his mind about him. A freak accident locates the missing money box and they find the seal unbroken. Roy then announces the box will be opened at the showboat that evening.

Rogers and his friends, all retired Texas Rangers, unite for one more ride when one of their own is murdered. Dir. Joseph Kane

Roy Rogers, a Nevada State Ranger Captain in charge of the Rangers
Reclamation Service, makes a trip to Las Vegas for the annual Heldorado
Frontier Days Festival, as he wants to help his old friend Gabby Whittaker
who originated the idea (at least, in this film).In Las Vegas, Roy meets
heiress Carol Randall, who has been selected as the Queen of the Heldorado.
Roy is informed that the F.B.I. wants an immediate investigation of the
counterfeit thousand dollar bills that are being passed over the gambling
tables at the casino. Written by Les Adams