Solemplex To me, this movie is perfection.

Kailansorac Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

dougdoepke A Rogers oddity since he shares action and songs with Mexican leading man Tito Guizar. It's still a good horse opera as long as you don't try to figure out the plot, which has to compete with two love stories. Frazee makes a charming substitute for Dale Evans, but Estelita acts like she's had at least one hot tamale too many. There's plenty of action and some good hard riding from Roy and Trigger. Plus solid comedy relief from the one-and-only Andy Devine, along with A-list villianry from the jut-jawed Charles McGraw. Then too, it's easy to see why the likable Guizar was so popular south of the border. Still, I'm a bit puzzled by the odd pairing of the two leading men—was Republic trying a different formula for Roy's Saturday matinees. Oh well, whatever, it's still a lively musical western of the sort they don't make anymore.

Mike Newton I believe this film was my very first RR film, followed by The Far Frontier, which convinced me that the only cowboy hero to emulate for me was Roy Rogers. Why else would they call him "King of the Cowboys." I do recall having the 78 rpm record of the title song and memorizing the words. On the flip side was "I've Got A Feelin' (that somebody's stealing my darling). While I have only seen the truncated b&w version, I know that there is a fight scene missing from where Tito Guizar is recovering from a gunshot wound and the heavies want to take him back to town for the reward. Roy intercedes and there is a fight resulting in a fall into a nearby lake. This scene is included in the original trailer which is available along with other B westerns on video. I particularly like the song "Here is my helping hand" done by the Sons of the Pioneers which expressed their willingness to help out Roy in a crisis. Hopefully they will release the complete edition on DVD so that younger generations can appreciate a typical Saturday afternoon RR western.

Michael O'Keefe William Witney directs Roy Rogers as he and Trigger join a traveling carnival in hopes of paying off a $10,000 note he co-signed for the Sons of the Pioneers. There is another source of funds...capture the mysterious desperado known as "The Gypsy"(Tito Guizar). Plenty of action and song. Roy, being the 'Singing Cowboy', of course sings; as well as Bob Nolan and the Sons of the Pioneers. There is limited comic relief from Constable Bullfincher(Andy Devine). Also in the cast: Jane Frazee, Estelita Rodriguez and Fred Graham. This is one of my favorite Roy Rogers flicks. I can't really pinpoint why...just the atmosphere I guess. Running 75 minutes, ON the Old Spanish TRAIL is worth your time.

krorie Roy Rogers deserved his title of "King of the Cowboys." He could sing western songs better than any of the other singing cowboys with the possible exception of Tex Ritter, plus he was one of the best yodelers around, which few people realized. He also fit the image of a singing cowboy from the old west, even though he was actually from Ohio. His horse, Trigger, was called "The Smartest Horse in the Movies," because he probably was. Roy had a winning personality with a certain magnetism that drew kids to him. He had helped start the Sons of the Pioneers, one of the best vocal groups around, with a top notch songwriter from Canada, Bob Nolan. All these things combined to make a Roy Rogers western a real treat. He later found a partner on and off the screen who could be called "The Queen of the West," the talented and lovely Dale Evans.All of these things, except Dale is not in the film, should have made "On the Old Spanish Trail" a winner. It also had a competent funny man, Andy Divine, to help out in the humor department. The villain was not Roy Barcroft this go around but rather Charles McGraw who would later star in the film noir classic "Narrow Margin." There are also two beautiful leading ladies rather than one, Jane Frazee and Estelita Rodriguez, who plays somewhat of a spitfire as the Gypsy's (Tito Guizar) jealous girlfriend. And the action sequences, especially the stagecoach chase toward the end, are marvelous. Only Republic could do such a splendid job in 1947.But there is a problem with "On the Old Spanish Trail" and it is a big one. Republic tried to give the fans not only two leading ladies but also two leading men. Roy is purposely overshadowed in several scenes by Tito Guízar who plays sort of a Zorro type character known as the Gypsy. He is also a singer. Tito had a great voice but it was much too refined and proper for singing cowboy ballads. He possessed a fine operatic voice. Tito's acting was also at times on the hammy side. I gather from all this that Republic was apparently grooming Tito for his own Saturday matinée series. If the viewer can overlook the spotlight being thrust on Tito throughout much of the film, then this Roy Rogers outing should be pleasing for his many fans.