On the Old Spanish Trail

On the Old Spanish Trail
On the Old Spanish Trail
Directed by	William Witney
Written by	Sloan Nibley (screenplay); Gerald Geraghty (original story);
Produced by	Edward J. White (associate producer)
Starring	Roy Rogers
Cinematography	Jack A. Marta
Edited by	Tony Martinelli
Music by	R. Dale Butts; Joseph Dubin; Stanley Wilson;
Production; company	Republic Pictures
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release date	October 15, 1947 (United States);
Running time	75 minutes; 54 minutes; 57 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

On the Old Spanish Trail is a 1947 American Trucolor Western film starring Roy Rogers and directed by William Witney.^[1]

Plot

Cast

Roy Rogers as Roy Rogers
Trigger as Trigger, the Smartest Horse in the West
Tito Guízar as Rico / The Gypsy
Jane Frazee as Candy Martin
Andy Devine as Constable Cookie Bullfincher
Estelita Rodriguez as Lolita
Charles McGraw as Harry Blaisdell
Fred Graham as Henchman Marcos
Steve Darrell as Henchman Al
Marshall Reed as Henchman Gus
Wheaton Chambers as Oil Co. Clerk Silas MacIntyre
Bob Nolan as Bob
Sons of the Pioneers as Musicians

Soundtrack

Tito Guízar - "I'll Never Love Again" based on "La borrachita" (Written by Ignacio Fernández Esperón, English lyrics by Al Stewart)
Estelita Rodriguez and Tito Guízar - "Guadalajara" (Written by Pepe Guízar)
Roy Rogers and Jane Frazee - "My Adobe Hacienda" (Written by Louise Massey and Lee Penny)
Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers - "On the Old Spanish Trail" (Music by Kenneth Leslie-Smith, lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy)
Tito Guízar - "Una furtiva lagrima" from the opera L'elisir d'amore (Music by Gaetano Donizetti, libretto by Felice Romani)
Sons of the Pioneers - "Here Is My Helping Hand" (Written by Bob Nolan)
"Bolero" (Written by M.H. Sturgis and W.P. Blake)

References

^ Pitts, Michael R. (December 13, 2012). Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 233. ISBN 978-1-4766-0090-1.

External links

On the Old Spanish Trail at IMDb
On the Old Spanish Trail at the TCM Movie Database
On the Old Spanish Trail is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

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[1] Pitts, Michael R. (December 13, 2012). Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 233. ISBN 978-1-4766-0090-1.

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1950s	Bells of Coronado (1950) Twilight in the Sierras (1950) Trigger, Jr. (1950) Sunset in the West (1950) North of the Great Divide (1950) Trail of Robin Hood (1950) Spoilers of the Plains (1951) Heart of the Rockies (1951) In Old Amarillo (1951) South of Caliente (1951) Pals of the Golden West (1951) Colorado Sundown (1952) The Last Musketeer (1952) Border Saddlemates (1952) Old Oklahoma Plains (1952) The WAC from Walla Walla (1952) South Pacific Trail (1952) Down Laredo Way (1953) Old Overland Trail (1953) Iron Mountain Trail (1953) Shadows of Tombstone (1953) The Outcast (1954) Santa Fe Passage (1955) City of Shadows (1955) Headline Hunters (1955) The Fighting Chance (1955) The Last Command (1955) (battle scenes) Stranger at My Door (1956) A Strange Adventure (1956) Panama Sal (1957) The Cool and the Crazy (1958) Juvenile Jungle (1958) Young and Wild (1958) The Bonnie Parker Story (1958) Paratroop Command (1959)
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