UnowPriceless hyped garbage

Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

JohnHowardReid Leonard Slye (Roy Rogers), Dale Evans (Betty Weston), Grant Withers (Lukas, the express agent), Harry Shannon (Sam Weston), George Cleveland (Captain Joe of "The Yellow Rose of Texas"), William Haade (Buster), Weldon Heyburn (Charlie Gorse), Hal Taliaferro (Ferguson), Tom London (Sheriff Allen), Dick Botiller (Indian Pete), Janet Martin (singer), Bob Wilke (deputy, "sucker move"), Emmett Vogan (John Ellis), Bob Nolan (himself), the Sons of the Pioneers (themselves).Director: Joseph KANE. Original screenplay: Jack Townley. Photography: Jack Marta. Film editor: Tony Martinelli. Art director: Fred A. Ritter. Set decorator: Charles Thompson. Music director: Morton Scott. Dance director: Larry Ceballos. Sound recording: Ted Borschell. Associate producer: Harry Grey. Executive producer: Herbert J. Yates.Copyright 2 May 1944 by Republic Pictures. No New York showcase. U.S. release: 24 June. Australian release through British Empire Films: 17 May 1945. 6,577 feet. 73 minutes. (Alpha DVD is the cut TV version). SYNOPSIS: Insurance investigator Roy Rogers sets out to clear a man who alleges he was framed for a payroll robbery five years before.COMMENT: What we have here is not so much a western but a darned good mystery thriller instead. There's a bit of action, including a slap- up ruckus in a local cafe, a chase after a runaway buckboard and an ambush in the hills. But the producers have also seen to it that musical tastes are likewise well catered for. Plus a welcome bit of comedy. In all, a solidly entertaining mixture of thrills and spills, songs and sleuths. Rogers is adequate enough, his performance considerably bolstered by William Haade who makes an admirable sidekick, and Dale Evans as the distraught heroine. In fact by "B" western standards, the support cast is unusually strong. Withers, Heyburn, Shannon and Taliaferro are especially convincing, whilst Bob Nolan is in great voice — as are the rest of his boys. Marta's moody cinematography is also a tremendous asset. Most of the picture is set at night, giving the plot just the right spooky atmosphere.Director Joseph Kane, anxious to impress the Republic brass that he was capable of handling more prestigious product (this turned out to be his second last with Rogers), has handled proceedings with remarkable finesse — and even on a couple of occasions, style.

timbertrail4444 This Roy Rogers western features Dale Evans and Bob Nolan and the Sons of the Pioneers. Roy is an insurance investigator. The musical numbers are very good with some very catchy songs. Roy and Dale do several together and Bob Nolan and the Sons of the Pioneers do "Timber Trail" and "Song of the Rover" which are excellent. We love the musical ending which is almost like a musical Broadway Show. We also love the song that Dale sings "Moonlight on the River". Very pleasant and entertaining movie.

mark.waltz This modern western musical takes place aboard a river show boat for songs and dances and out among the sagebrush for the basic plot of a payroll robbery case being solved after five years. Showboat owner George Cleveland employs entertainer Dale Evans who is the daughter of the man accused of arranging the robbery, and Roy Rogers is the hero who stumbles onto the truth through spending time among the wrongly accused and those who may be guilty. This features songs and dances throughout the film, wraps up after just under 50 minutes, then stages a lavish (for Republic Studios that is) musical revue that is a mixture of corn, fancy Broadway style dancing, and various styles of songs from various areas. It's all pretty innocuous, but the opportunity to hear Rogers sing the title song doesn't come along every day.

MartinHafer There are two broad categories of Roy Rogers westerns--those where there is a story punctuated by songs and those which are nothing but a long series of songs punctuated, occasionally, by plot. "The Yellow Rose of Texas" falls into that latter category. The film has TONS of songs and the plot itself is pretty limp--making it one of the weaker Rogers films.The Yellow Rose from the title is actually a showboat. And, since showboats have lots of singing and dancing, that's exactly what you get a lot of during the movie. Now the Sons of the Pioneers were in better form than usual--but I am sure kids at the time squirmed in their seats when in addition, Roy, Dale and practically everyone began singing through the course of the film! As for the plot (what little there is of it), Roy is (once again) playing an undercover agent. He's insinuated himself on the boat to follow Dale. After all, her father is assumed to have been involved with a robbery and he's missing--and maybe by following her he'll locate the dad. Now here's where it gets pretty limp--when Roy finally finds the guy, he immediately assumes he's innocent...because Dale tells him! And the rest of the film is devoted to Roy the social worker to prove this and help everyone to live happily ever after. A bit typical of his plots--but pretty weak as well.Overall, if you are a Roy Rogers fan, by all means watch it. Others, however, might be better served trying some of his other films first.