Main Cast: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, George "Gabby" Hayes, Robert Livingston, Moroni Olsen
Release Year: 1945
Country: US
Run Time: 54 minutes
Plot
Having previously introduced Cole Porter's hit song "Don't Fence Me In" in Hollywood Canteen, Roy Rogers performs the song once again in this same-named Republic "special." When he's not singing, Rogers is dealing with nosy female journalist Toni Ames (Dale Evans), who hopes to learn the truth about Wildcat Kelly a notorious outlaw who flourished back at the turn of the century. Said outlaw has supposedly been dead for 40 years, but garrulous old-timer Gabby Whittaker (Gabby Hayes) offers to give Toni the lowdown on Kelly. After a series of convoluted complications, Roy and Toni discover what the audience has suspected all along: Gabby Whittaker and Wildcat Kelly are one in the same. Perhaps because of its saleable title, Don't Fence Me In was treated with more industry respect than most Roy Rogers westerns, earning excellent reviews and choice play-dates. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Hilyard M. Brown - Art Director, Larry Ceballos - Choreography, Adele Palmer - Costume Designer, Jon English - Director, Charles Craft - Editor, R. Dale Butts - Composer (Music Score), Cole Porter - Composer (Music Score), Morton Scott - Composer (Music Score), Morton Scott - Musical Direction/Supervision, Freddie Slack & His Orchestra - Songwriter, Dick Charles - Songwriter, Eddie de Lange - Songwriter, Bob Nolan - Songwriter, Cole Porter - Songwriter, Jack Scholl - Songwriter, Zeke Manners - Songwriter, Morton Shore - Songwriter, M.K. Kerome - Songwriter, Larry Marks - Songwriter, F. Victor - Songwriter, R. Herman - Songwriter, Bob Mark - Makeup, William Bradford - Cinematographer, Donald H. Brown - Producer, John McCarthy - Set Designer, Marie Arthur - Set Designer, John K. Butler - Screenwriter, Dorrell McGowan - Screenwriter, Stuart E. McGowan - Screenwriter, Billy Hill - Featured Music
