I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Great Film overall

For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

I must have seen the longer version, because I had no trouble following the plot. I liked the music and the comedy. After seeing Tito Guizar here and in "The Gay Ranchero", I will be looking for him in other films! Charming!

In order to keep The Sons Of The Pioneers' equipment from being repossessed, Roy Rogers, Bob Nolan and the boys attempt to pull off a lucrative joint appearance and claim a reward on a not-very-dangerous outlaw known as The Spanish Gypsy.A featherweight adventure, there isn't much to recommend this time around. Songs are less than memorable, even Roy's featured song, a duet of "My Adobe Hacienda". Action, suspense and (real) romance are almost non-existent until the finale.With Dale Evans missing in action, sidekick Andy Devine not given much to do and Trigger spending most of his time grazing, this is recommended only for the most die-hard Rogers fan.

A Rogers oddity since he shares action and songs with Mexican leading man Tito Guizar. It's still a good horse opera as long as you don't try to figure out the plot, which has to compete with two love stories. Frazee makes a charming substitute for Dale Evans, but Estelita acts like she's had at least one hot tamale too many. There's plenty of action and some good hard riding from Roy and Trigger. Plus solid comedy relief from the one-and-only Andy Devine, along with A-list villianry from the jut-jawed Charles McGraw. Then too, it's easy to see why the likable Guizar was so popular south of the border. Still, I'm a bit puzzled by the odd pairing of the two leading men—was Republic trying a different formula for Roy's Saturday matinees. Oh well, whatever, it's still a lively musical western of the sort they don't make anymore.

The self referential quote by Roy Rogers in my summary line adequately addresses the typical Western formula for this picture, except that it's not that typical in some respects. For starters, Roy is joined by Tito Guizar in something of a dual feature role here as the Mexican singing cowboy complementing Roy's usual heroics. Along those same lines, there are a couple of leading ladies to back up their respective cowboy counterparts, with Estelita Rodriguez and Jane Frazee in something of a dubious competition for Queen of the West since Dale Evans (soon to be Roy's real life wife) is nowhere in sight.Say, keep on eye on that early scene when Roy recovers Candy Martin's (Frazee) missing suitcase and her clothes strewn across the countryside. To help her get the suitcase closed, Roy sits on it as portions of her clothing stick out the side. Yet when Roy's good deed is complete, there's no hint of any stray garments. I thought it a little risqué that Roy used his teeth to engage one of Miss Martin's slips as he picked up the rest of her stuff. If I had to bet, this was probably the closest Roy ever got to something evenly remotely suggesting something sexy.With Bob Nolan and the Sons of the Pioneers on hand, the story took a number of opportunities to present a variety of song numbers. 'On the Old Spanish Trail' bookends the movie with Roy in the lead, and later on he duets with Jane Frazee while Guizar is given an opportunity to solo in the second half. Apparently Republic found this casting formula successful because all of the principals, along with Andy Devine, came together once again the following year in "The Gay Ranchero".The curious thing about this picture now that I think about it is how it ends relative to the story line established at the outset. A sheriff and a banker call on Roy to get payment on a ten thousand dollar loan taken out by the Sons of the Pioneers. With a convenient reward in the same amount on the head of the mysterious 'Gypsy' (Guizar as Rico), one would conclude that Roy would save the day by coming up with the cash by capturing the Mexican bandit. Instead, the issue never came up again!