Roy Rogers

My Pal Trigger: This fanciful tale tells how Roy Rogers obtained his magnificent horse Trigger and begins with horse trader Roy Rogers as he prepares to breed his best mare with his best friend's glorious Palomino stallion. Trouble comes in the form of a villainous gambler who has similar plans for his own mare. He attempts to rustle the stud, but the attempt fails, the stallion escapes and breeds with Rogers' mare. Angrily, the gambler shows up and shoots the beautiful horse, leaving Rogers to shoulder the blame. Fortunately, Roy and his impregnated mare flee. Later she gives birth to Trigger who helps Rogers get revenge after he grows up. - Container. King of the Cowboys: Roy Rogers played himself, a rodeo star assigned by the governor to investigate a series of warehouse bombings. With sidekick Frog Milhouse (Smiley Burnette) in tow, Roy infiltrates the Mary Makers, a touring tent show whose phony mind reader, Maurice (Gerald Mohr), is the chief operative for a sabotage ring run by the governor's secretary, Kraly (Lloyd Corrigan). But Maurice catches Roy stealing his book of codes and is about to shoot him in cold blood when tent show owner Dave Mason (James Bush) interferes. Maurice then eliminates Mason and frames Roy for the killing but despite this setback, Roy manages to stop the saboteurs before they can blow up a supply train needed in the war effort. - Container. Song of Texas: Roy Rogers quits the rodeo operated by larcenous Jim Calvert (Barton MacLane) and goes into the ranching business. As a favor to his old pal, washed-up bronco Buster Sam Bennett (Harry Shannon), Roy convinces Bennett's daughter Sue (Sheila Ryan) that Sam is in fact the owner of Roy's ranch. This harmless subterfuge is thwarted by the evil machinations of Calvert, but Rogers and his confrères eventually save the day. - Container. Utah: Posing as an outlaw, Tex (Tex Ritter) discovers that the mysterious train is part of a rustling operation headed by the well-named Hiram Slaughter (Karl Hackett) and his henchman Badger (Charles King). - Container. Under California Stars: Trigger, "the smartest horse in the movies," is kidnapped and held for a $100,000 ransom. Trigger's owner Roy Rogers suspects that his young friend Ted Conover (Michael Chapin) might have helped the kidnappers make off with the valuable stallion, but the kid proves that he's true-blue by foiling the villains. Halfway through the film is a violent confrontation with Trigger and one of his abductors. - Container.