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Grand Canyon Trail

  • 1948
  • U
  • 1h 7m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
184
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Roy Rogers, Jane Frazee, and Trigger in Grand Canyon Trail (1948)
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Sintown is just a deserted ghost town until Vanderpool starts looking for silver. Cookie and Roy's partners put $20,000 into the business only to find that the mine is worthless and Vanderpo... Read allSintown is just a deserted ghost town until Vanderpool starts looking for silver. Cookie and Roy's partners put $20,000 into the business only to find that the mine is worthless and Vanderpool is bankrupt. Carol comes out to look for silver to save the company, but does not know ... Read allSintown is just a deserted ghost town until Vanderpool starts looking for silver. Cookie and Roy's partners put $20,000 into the business only to find that the mine is worthless and Vanderpool is bankrupt. Carol comes out to look for silver to save the company, but does not know that their engineer, named Regan, is crooked and wants all the silver for himself. But onl... Read all

  • Director
    • William Witney
  • Writer
    • Gerald Geraghty
  • Stars
    • Roy Rogers
    • Trigger
    • Jane Frazee
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    184
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • William Witney
    • Writer
      • Gerald Geraghty
    • Stars
      • Roy Rogers
      • Trigger
      • Jane Frazee
    • 11User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Roy Rogers
    Roy Rogers
    • Roy Rogers
    Trigger
    Trigger
    • Trigger - Roy's Horse
    Jane Frazee
    Jane Frazee
    • Carol Martin - aka Carol Vanderpool
    Andy Devine
    Andy Devine
    • Cookie Bullfincher
    Robert Livingston
    Robert Livingston
    • Bill Regan
    Roy Barcroft
    Roy Barcroft
    • Dave Williams - Regan Henchman
    Charles Coleman
    Charles Coleman
    • J. Malcolm Vanderpool
    Emmett Lynn
    Emmett Lynn
    • Old Ed Carruthers
    Ken Terrell
    Ken Terrell
    • Mike Delaney - Regan Henchman
    James Finlayson
    James Finlayson
    • Sheriff
    Tommy Coats
    • Bannister - Henchman
    Foy Willing
    • Singer…
    Riders of the Purple Sage
    • Singing Ranchers
    Scotty Harrel
    • Guitar Player - Riders of the Purple Sage
    • (uncredited)
    Zon Murray
    Zon Murray
    • Gary - Henchman
    • (uncredited)
    Johnny Paul
    • Singer - Riders of the Purple Sage
    • (uncredited)
    Al Sloey
    • Al - Concertina Player, Riders of the Purple Sage
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • William Witney
    • Writer
      • Gerald Geraghty
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    6stevehaynie

    Not a single canyon in the whole movie!

    Grand Canyon Trail is another of the Trucolor Roy Rogers films that has shown up on DVD from a black and white print. That does not take away from the movie since black and white was so common at the time anyway.

    Roy appeared kind of dumb in this one, and so did everyone else. It was customary for the lead cowboy to be able to figure out the crooks' plan and identify the leader. Roy took forever to suspect Regan, and it was only after other characters helped him that he ever learned anything. Instead of standing on guard duty and being prodded by Cookie, Foy, and the Riders of the Purple Sage, he should have already scouted around looking for clues. As much interaction as there was between the cowboys and Regan's crew someone should have suspected something sooner. There was no battle of wits. Carol Martin never figured out who wanted to hurt her and who wanted to save her until almost the end of the movie despite how obvious it was.

    Roy got in a lot of fist fights in this one. More than once he got clobbered over the head and knocked out. Andy Devine bounced people around with his stomach. The sound effect of a kettle drum would have been perfect if not for the fact that the movie was not a vehicle for slapstick comedy.

    The Hangman Hotel was an abandoned old building that provided an opportunity for plenty of haunted house stick comedy. There were scenes of characters chasing from one room to the other with fights throughout the building and crossed paths between the good guys and bad guys. Seeing Andy Devine scream once is funny, but there can be too much of a good thing. The hotel was critical to the story as it was the site where a murder victim was discovered, but the hotel was over-used.

    Seeing Robert Livingston go from the leader of the Three Mesquiteers to playing a villain is disheartening. Above all he was an actor who played the part of Regan perfectly. Watching past heroes playing villains or small roles always comes across as sad because few of them ever went back to the glory of their previous films.

    Overall the story was good, but it I think the characters could have been developed a little better. Not a bad movie, Grand Canyon Trail is a lull in the Roy Rogers series despite having a great cast and, for some, Trucolor.
    5planktonrules

    For a completely depleted mine, there sure are a lot of folks trying to prevent Roy from seeing it!

    I saw the complete black & white version of "Grand Canyon Trail". I say complete because many Roy Rogers films were trimmed in the 1950s to fit television time slots but the one I found on YouTube was complete.

    The story is pretty simple. An old silver mine was thought to be depleted but recently there's been some indication that much more could be extracted using modern mining techniques. Cookie (Andy Devine) is so sure this will pan out (get it?) that he invests all of his and Roy's money in this mine. Soon after, the scene switches to the mine owner and his secretary....and he's just received word that the mine is NOT going to be productive and all the investors will be screwed.

    Roy goes to investigate and meets one of the worst tropes in these old B-westerns...the know-it-all woman who instantly takes a dislike to him even though Roy is a hero and a swell guy. Much of the movie is spent with her yelling at Roy or sicking the sheriff (James Finlayson...a most unusual casting choice) on him. But there's more to the mine than the stories the mine owner has gotten...and the fact that the workers try so hard to prevent Roy and this super-annoying woman from getting close to it tips him off about their scheme to defraud everyone! What's next? See the film.

    This is a pleasant film aside from the woman you want to violently shame and tell to shut up!! That is why although Rogers was fine here, I cannot give the film a score any higher...the trope has been so overused and is so annoying. Plus, it doesn't age well and seems pretty sexist. Still, the movie is worth seeing...just try to ignore her antics.
    6Henchman_Number1

    Silver Mine Swindle

    Roy Rogers becomes entangled in murder and larceny after his friends (Andy Devine) and singing ranchers (Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage) invest $20,000 in a seeming worthless silver mine. When an old prospector who might know where the silver is located disappears, Roy suspects that the project's mining engineer (Robert Livingston) could be behind it. Seeking proof of a crime, Roy's investigation becomes even more complicated when the mine owner's secretary masquerading as his daughter (Jane Frazee) arrives in town. In a case of mistaken intentions Frazee constantly thwarts Roy's attempts to bring the bad guys to justice.

    The ghost town set and dark abandoned hotel form the stage for this action oater. Roy's nine pictures with Andy Devine marked a real difference in style from earlier movies. Andy was brought in after Gabby Hayes left the series in 1946. While Andy still provided comic relief, the villains grew more ruthless and Roy sang less. Here there are only three pretty good non-action stopping tunes in the movie. Comedy of Errors inspired sequence in the spooky hotel about halfway through seems a little out of sync with the rest of the movie.

    Originally filmed in "Trucolor", seemingly only the black and white prints remain on this one. Unfortunately as with a lot of the later Roy Rogers movies, this one was later chopped to bits to reduce the runtime from 67 minutes down to 54 to fit for television. Good news here is that unlike a few of Roy's other movies where the chopped footage appears lost forever, Grand Canyon Trail can still be found intact in the full length version. For Roy Rogers Fans it's worth the effort to find to 67 minute unedited format.

    Pretty decent Roy Rogers flick. 6 of 10*
    6ksf-2

    roy rogers, andy devine. and trigger of course.

    Is there silver in sintown or not? Half the folks think its a swindle and the other half thinks there's still treasure down there. Carol (jane frazee) is willing to take a chance and get investors in on the deal. She gets off on the wrong foot with roy rogers (and his horse trigger)... she fires him, not realizing he's not even an employee. Regular sidekick andy devine is in here as cookie. Turns out regan, one of the hired hands, wants to keep the silver for himself. This has all the usual fistfights, the horse chases. The mining schemes from republic pictures. Throw in a haunted house too! It's silly, but it's roy rogers in his prime. Directed by bill witney. Story by gerald geraghty. He worked on 19 films with roy rogers! Then died young at age 47.
    2wes-connors

    A Mule in Sintown

    Roy Rogers and company try to bring "Sintown" back to life - it's a ghost town which may go boom if silver mining is successful. Andy Devine (as "Cookie") slapsticks around. Jane Frazee (as Carol) loses a piece of her bitches to Mr. Rogers' sharp leer. Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage stand-in (or, is that sing-in?) for the A.W.O.L. Bob Nolan and the Sons of the Pioneers. James Finlayson (from the Laurel and Hardy films) adds to the "slapstick" look of "Grand Canyon Trail". A loose floor board delivers the winning comedy performance. Mr. Devine's mule kicks its heels. There are energetic human performances, too - but, the material isn't Grand.

    ** Grand Canyon Trail (1948) William Witney ~ Roy Rogers, Jane Frazee, Andy Devine

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      Filmed in Trucolor, but available only in black & white currently.
    • Connections
      Edited into Six Gun Theater: The Grand Canyon Trail (2022)
    • Soundtracks
      Colorado Joe
      Written by Jack Elliott

      Performed by Roy Rogers

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    • Release date
      • November 5, 1948 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • El tesoro del Gran Cañón
    • Filming locations
      • Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Republic Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 7 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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