Main Cast: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Andy Devine, John McGuire, Olaf Hytten
Release Year: 1947
Country: US
Run Time: 54 minutes
Plot
The Bells of San Angelo was the second RepublicRoy Rogers western to be filmed in the "new" Trucolor process (actually the old Magnacolor process). Set in the modern west, the story involves a silver-smuggling racket headed by rotten Rex Gridley (John McGuire). In a novel scripting touch, Roy Rogers doesn't outwit the villains-and in fact is soundly beaten by the bad guys halfway through the film. It's up to heroine Lee Madison (Dale Evans), a writer of fanciful cowboy novels, to save the day! By taking Roy Rogers off his "King of the Cowboys" pedestal, Bells of San Angelo succeeds in humanizing this western icon, and the film is all the better for it. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
William Witney - Director, Les Orlebeck - Editor, Mort Glickman - Composer (Music Score), Morton Scott - Composer (Music Score), Jack Elliott - Songwriter, Tim Spencer - Songwriter, Bob Mark - Makeup, Gano Chittenden - Production Designer, Jack A. Marta - Cinematographer, Edward J. White - Producer, John McCarthy - Set Designer, Helen Hansard - Set Designer, Howard Lydecker - Special Effects, Theodore Lydecker - Special Effects, Paul Gangelin - Screen Story, Sloan Nibley - Screenwriter
