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1943 film by Joseph Kane

King of the Cowboys

Directed by	Joseph Kane
Written by	Olive Cooper J. Benton Cheney Hal Long
Starring	Roy Rogers Smiley Burnette Peggy Moran Gerald Mohr
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release date	April 9, 1943 (1943-04-09)
Running time	67 minutes 73 minutes (Original Version)
Country	United States
Language	English

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".

Premise

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

Roy Rogers as Roy Rogers
Smiley Burnette as Frog Millhouse
Bob Nolan as Singer
Sons of the Pioneers as Themselves
Peggy Moran as Judy Mason
Gerald Mohr as Maurice, the Mental Marvel
Dorothea Kent as Ruby Smith
Lloyd Corrigan as William Kraley, Governor's Secretary
James Bush as Dave Mason
Russell Hicks as Texas Governor Shuville
Irving Bacon as Alf Cluckus
Norman Willis as Henchman Buxton
Forrest Taylor as Lawman with Tex

References

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

External links

King of the Cowboys at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
King of the Cowboys at IMDb
King of the Cowboys is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

v t e Films directed by Joseph Kane
In Old Santa Fe (1934) Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1935) The Headline Woman (1935) Melody Trail (1935) The Lawless Nineties (1936) King of the Pecos (1936) The Lonely Trail (1936) Guns and Guitars (1936) Oh, Susanna! (1936) Ride Ranger Ride (1936) The Old Corral (1936) Undersea Kingdom (1936) Git Along Little Dogies (1937) Round-Up Time in Texas (1937) Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge (1937) Public Cowboy No. 1 (1937) Boots and Saddles (1937) Springtime in the Rockies (1937) Heart of the Rockies (1937) The Old Barn Dance (1938) Born to Be Wild (1938) Arson Gang Busters (1938) Under Western Stars (1938) Gold Mine in the Sky (1938) Man from Music Mountain (1938) Shine On, Harvest Moon (1938) Days of Jesse James (1939) Colorado (1940) The Border Legion (1940) Robin Hood of the Pecos (1941) Sheriff of Tombstone (1941) Nevada City (1941) Rags to Riches (1941) Jesse James at Bay (1941) South of Santa Fe (1942) Sons of the Pioneers (1942) Romance on the Range (1942) The Man from Music Mountain (1943) King of the Cowboys (1943) The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944) Flame of Barbary Coast (1945) In Old Sacramento (1946) Plainsman and the Lady (1946) Old Los Angeles (1948) The Gallant Legion (1948) The Plunderers (1948) The Last Bandit (1949) Brimstone (1949) Rock Island Trail (1950) The Savage Horde (1950) California Passage (1950) Oh! Susanna (1951) Fighting Coast Guard (1951) The Sea Hornet (1951) Hoodlum Empire (1952) Woman of the North Country (1952) Ride the Man Down (1952) San Antone (1953) Jubilee Trail (1954) Hell's Outpost (1954) The Road to Denver (1955) The Vanishing American (1955) Thunder Over Arizona (1956) Spoilers of the Forest (1957) The Lawless Eighties (1957) The Last Stagecoach West (1957) The Crooked Circle (1957) Gunfire at Indian Gap (1957) The Notorious Mr. Monks (1958) The Man Who Died Twice (1958) Track of Thunder (1967) Smoke in the Wind (1975)

Films directed by Joseph Kane

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