I'm probably wrong on this, but this picture has the only time I've ever seen Roy Rogers twirl a gun in a movie. It was the young boy Pancho's (Eduardo Jiminez) toy gun, but still. Later on, Roy has to explain to Pancho that his father was killed in the line of duty as a border patrol agent. Roy's an agent too, on the U. S. side of the Mexican border, and he's been called to take on a special assignment to stop cattle smuggling into the country. But these aren't ordinary cattle, they're infected with hoof and mouth disease, making the villains, in this case Lucky Grilo (Anrhony Caruso) and Ward Sloan (Roy Barcroft) even nastier than your garden variety bad guys.
The movie offers some outlandish stunts, and not just from the cowboys, the horses also take some nasty spills as well. In their last Republic film together, Dale Evans is reporter Cathy Marsh investigating the rustling business, allowing Roy some leeway to inform Pancho about his Dad before his murder makes headlines. Pat Brady is on hand in this flick too, but in an unusual move, his role is entirely serious as another border patrol agent. You kind of count on Pat for some humor, but instead those honors go to Pinky Lee, who I'm sure most viewers would agree would not have been missed if he wasn't in the story. Man, he was so annoying.
Getting back to Bullet for a minute, Roy's German Shepherd gets to do some heavy lifting at the beginning of the story when he makes the save for Pancho as a bear attacks him. However, in a neat turn about, the bear arrives just in time to take out one of the baddies before he can do harm to Pancho and Bullet. And for Roy it was another successful outing just a short time before embarking on a successful six year run on his Western television series with Dale, Pat, Trigger and Bullet. I still like watching those old shows.
The movie offers some outlandish stunts, and not just from the cowboys, the horses also take some nasty spills as well. In their last Republic film together, Dale Evans is reporter Cathy Marsh investigating the rustling business, allowing Roy some leeway to inform Pancho about his Dad before his murder makes headlines. Pat Brady is on hand in this flick too, but in an unusual move, his role is entirely serious as another border patrol agent. You kind of count on Pat for some humor, but instead those honors go to Pinky Lee, who I'm sure most viewers would agree would not have been missed if he wasn't in the story. Man, he was so annoying.
Getting back to Bullet for a minute, Roy's German Shepherd gets to do some heavy lifting at the beginning of the story when he makes the save for Pancho as a bear attacks him. However, in a neat turn about, the bear arrives just in time to take out one of the baddies before he can do harm to Pancho and Bullet. And for Roy it was another successful outing just a short time before embarking on a successful six year run on his Western television series with Dale, Pat, Trigger and Bullet. I still like watching those old shows.