Bells of Coronado (1950)

Director:

William Witney

Writer:

Sloan Nibley (writer)

Release Date:

8 January 1950 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

Atomic Thrills... Hit the saddle with Roy and the gang... On the trail of Uranium smugglers!

Plot:

Roy is an insurance investigator looking into the theft of uranium ore. He must prevent the thieves from taking off in a plane with the stolen ore...

Plot Keywords:

Trucolor | Horse | Uranium | Insurance Agent | Physician

Cast

Roy Rogers	...	Roy Rogers
Trigger	...	Roy's Horse
Dale Evans	...	Pam Reynolds
Pat Brady	...	Sparrow Biffle
Grant Withers	...	Craig Bennett
Leo Cleary	...	Dr. Frank Harding
Clifton Young	...	Ross
Robert Bice	...	Jim Russell
Stuart Randall	...	Sheriff
John Hamilton	...	Mr. Linden, Insurance Company Official
Edmund Cobb	...	Rafferty
Eddie Lee	...	Shanghai, the Cook
Rex Lease	...	Shipping Company Foreman
Lane Bradford	...	Henchman Jenks
Foy Willing	...	Foy
Riders of the Purple Sage	...	Power Co. Linemen / Musicians
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
George Bamby	...	Power Co. lineman (Riders of the Purple Sage) (uncredited)
Duke Green	...	Henchman Pete (uncredited)
Post Park	...	2nd Wagon driver (uncredited)
Darol Rice	...	Darol (Riders of the Purple Sage) (uncredited)
Loren Riebe	...	Henchman (uncredited)
Henry Rowland	...	Foreign Smuggler (uncredited)
Al Sloey	...	Al (Riders of the Purple Sage) (uncredited)
Ken Terrell	...	Henchman (uncredited)

Directed by
William Witney

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Sloan Nibley		writer

Produced by
Edward J. White	....	associate producer

Original Music by
R. Dale Butts		(as Dale Butts)

Cinematography by
John MacBurnie

Film Editing by
Tony Martinelli

Art Direction by
Frank Hotaling

Set Decoration by
John McCarthy Jr.
James Redd

Costume Design by
Adele Palmer

Makeup Department
Bob Mark	....	makeup supervisor
Steve Drumm	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Louise Landmier	....	hair stylist (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jack Lacey	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Earl Crain Sr.	....	sound

Special Effects by
Walter Hammond	....	special effects
Howard Lydecker	....	special effects
Theodore Lydecker	....	special effects

Stunts
Duke Green	....	stunts (uncredited)
Henry Rowland	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ken Terrell	....	stunt double (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
C.B. Lawrence	....	grip (uncredited)
Mickey Marigold	....	still photographer (uncredited)
Enzo A. Martinelli	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Burl Stafford	....	gaffer (uncredited)

Music Department
Gerald Roberts	....	musical director (as Jerry Roberts)
Stanley Wilson	....	orchestrator

Other crew
Marie Messinger	....	script supervisor (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Republic Pictures (I)

Distributors

• Republic Pictures (I) (1950) (USA) (theatrical)
• Better Television Distribution (2006) (worldwide) (TV)
• Comet Video (????) (USA) (DVD)
• Republic Pictures (I) (1956) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Republic Pictures Home Video (199?) (USA) (VHS)
• Republic Pictures (Brazil) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Riders of the Purple Sage  group cast members

Runtime:

67 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Trucolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved | Finland:K-12

Filming Locations:

Littlerock Dam, Pearblossom, California, USA

Company:

Republic Pictures (I)

Movie Connections:

Edited into Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952)

Soundtrack:

Bells of Coronado

Roy Rogers with his horse Trigger and spouse Dale Evans taking on uranium smugglers

The film starts when a mines proprietary shipping a load uranium is attacked .Later the mines passes into a rancher owner named Bennet(Grant Withers,who played for John Ford and appeared over 200 movies until his suicide),he reclaims the company which sends to Roy Rogers(1914-1998) as an undercover insurance agent.Posing as a cowboy looking for employment,he gets a work along with a crew called ¨the riders of the purple sage¨ .Meanwhile happen songs alongside with a secretary(played by his spouse Dale Evans), pursuits and struggles against the uranium smugglers.He must avoid the robbers from taking off an airplane with the stolen load and he gets an exciting final confrontation on high voltage tower.The movie contains action Western,suspense,shoot outs,fighting and is quite entertaining.The film is produced by Republic picture, usual in serials of low budget .The motion picture is well directed by William Witney ,a prolific director of short budget and TV episodes(Daniel Boone, Bonanza,Virginian).

The picture is starred by famous Roy Rogers,he played in various musical groups,in 1934 he formed a group called sons of pioneers,they appeared in numerous Westerns(Rhythm on the range,Son of the pioneers,On the Spanish trail among others).Roy was married three times.Arlene Wilkins ,his second wife,died a few day after giving birth to their son,¨Roy Rogers Jr or Dusty¨ and Dale Evans his third spouse,became his four children's mom .Inducted along with his wife Evans into the Hall of great Western performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum and also as member of the Sons of pioneers.Their nicknames were,Roy as ¨King of cowboys¨, Dale Evans ¨Queen of the West¨and Trigger ¨Smartest horse in the movies¨. Roy got his horse ¨Trigger¨in 1938 and rode him in every one of his film and TV shows after that.He had appeared in one early movie,being ridden by Olivia de Havilland in ¨¨ The adventures of Robin Hood¨. Trigged died in 1965,aged 33 years.