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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".[1]

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

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

External links

• King of the Cowboys at the American Film Institute Catalog
• King of the Cowboys at IMDb
• King of the Cowboys is available for free download at the Internet Archive

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