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King of the Cowboys
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Wikipedia article
'King of the Cowboys' is a 1943 film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers and Smiley Burnette. It is set in Texas during World War II. Life Magazine published an article in 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".p. 248 Pando, Leo 'Trigger: The Lives and Legend of Roy Rogers' Palomino', 2d ed. McFarland, 12 Mar 2019
Plot
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 that Roy and Smiley join up with.
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
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