Ridin' Down the Canyon
Encyclopedia
Ridin' Down the Canyon is a 1942 American
film
directed by Joseph Kane
and starring Roy Rogers
.
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film
Film
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directed by Joseph Kane
Joseph Kane
Jasper Joseph Inman Kane was a prolific American film director, film producer, film editor and screenwriter...
and starring Roy Rogers
Roy Rogers
Roy Rogers, born Leonard Franklin Slye , was an American singer and cowboy actor, one of the most heavily marketed and merchandised stars of his era, as well as being the namesake of the Roy Rogers Restaurants franchised chain...
.
Cast
- Roy RogersRoy RogersRoy Rogers, born Leonard Franklin Slye , was an American singer and cowboy actor, one of the most heavily marketed and merchandised stars of his era, as well as being the namesake of the Roy Rogers Restaurants franchised chain...
as Roy Rogers - George "Gabby" Hayes as Gabby
- Bob NolanBob NolanBob Nolan was a Canadian-born American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was a founding member of the Sons of the Pioneers, and composer of numerous Country music and Western music songs, including the standards "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds." He is generally regarded as one of the...
as Bob Nolan, (Leader, Sons of the Pioneers) - Sons of the PioneersSons of the PioneersThe Sons of the Pioneers are one of America's earliest Western singing groups whose classic recordings set a new standard for performers of Western music. Known for the high quality of their vocal performances, musicianship, and songwriting, they produced finely-crafted and innovative recordings...
as Musicians - Robert "Buzz" Henry as Bobbie Blake
- Linda Hayes as Alice Blake
- Addison RichardsAddison RichardsAddison Richards was an American film actor. He appeared in over 300 films between 1933 and 1964. He died from a heart attack...
as Gus Jordan - Lorna GrayLorna GrayLorna Gray is an American film actress, known for her comic roles and later as a villainess. She is best known for her role as Mattie Herring in the 1940 Three Stooges film You Nazty Spy!-Career:...
as Barbara Joyce - Olin HowlandOlin HowlandOlin Howland was an American film actor. From 1909 to 1927 he appeared on the Broadway stage while balancing a career in silent movies. In 1921, he appeared in the play Two Little Girls in Blue with Oscar Shaw and the Fairbanks Twins. He was in Janice Meredith with Marion Davies...
as The Jailer - James SeayJames SeayJames Seay was an American character actor who often played minor supporting roles as government officials....
as Burt Wooster - Hal Taliaferro as Henchman Pete
- Forrest Taylor as Jim Fellowes
- Roy BarcroftRoy BarcroftRoy Barcroft was an American character actor famous for playing villains in B-Westerns and other genres. Noted film critic Leonard Maltin acclaimed Barcroft as "Republic Pictures' number one bad guy".-Early life:...
as Henchman
Soundtrack
- Sons of the Pioneers - "Sagebrush Symphony" (Written by Tim SpencerTim SpencerTimothy Spencer is a former professional American football running back who played in the USFL and NFL from 1983 to 1990.-College and Pro career:...
) - Sons of the Pioneers - "Curly Joe From Idaho" (Written by Tim Spencer and Roy Rogers)
- Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers - "Blue Prairie" (Written by Bob NolanBob NolanBob Nolan was a Canadian-born American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was a founding member of the Sons of the Pioneers, and composer of numerous Country music and Western music songs, including the standards "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds." He is generally regarded as one of the...
and Tim Spencer) - Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers - "My Little Buckaroo" (Written by Jack Scholl and M.K. Jerome)
- Lorna Gray - "Who Am I?" (Written by Walter Bullock and Jule StyneJule StyneJule Styne was a British-born American songwriter especially famous for a series of Broadway musicals, which included several very well known and frequently revived shows.-Early life:...
) - Roy Rogers - "In A Little Spanish Town" (Written by Sam Lewis, Joe YoungJoe YoungJoe Young was a lyricist. He was born in New York. Young was most active from 1911 through the late-1930s, beginning his career working as a singer and songplugger for various music publishers. During World War I, he entertained the U.S...
and Mabel WayneMabel WayneMabel Wayne was an American songwriter. She is an inductee of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, where she is credited as being the first woman composer to publish a hit song....
) - Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers - "Ridin' Down the Canyon" (Written by Smiley BurnetteSmiley BurnetteLester Alvin Burnett , better known as Smiley Burnette, was a popular American country music performer and a comedic actor in Western films and on radio and TV, playing sidekick to Gene Autry and other B-movie cowboys. He was also a prolific singer-songwriter who could play as many as 100 musical...
)