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1948 film by William Witney

Grand Canyon Trail
Film poster
Directed by	William Witney
Written by	Gerald Geraghty
Starring	Roy Rogers
Cinematography	Reggie Lanning
Edited by	Tony Martinelli
Music by	Nathan Scott
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release date	November 5, 1948 (1948-11-05)
Running time	67 minutes 54 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Grand Canyon Trail is a 1948 American Western film starring Roy Rogers combining Western action with Three Stooges-style slapstick. Robert Livingston plays the head villain and James Finlayson plays the sheriff. The Republic Pictures film was shot in Trucolor, but only black and white prints survive.

Plot

Sintown is a ghost town that was once believed to have had a lode of silver, but the mines have been depleted. J. Malcolm Vanderpool's determined secretary Carol Martin impersonates Vanderpool's daughter and travels west to help her boss, who had invested in the mine. She discovers that Regan, a mining engineer employed by Vanderpool, has kidnapped Old Ed Carruthers, an old prospector who has found silver, but Regan wishes to keep the information secret for his own benefit. He puts Carol up in the haunted Hangman's Hotel until Roy Rogers, Old Ed's mule Genevieve and Roy's singing posse, the Riders of the Purple Sage, attempt to rescue the prospector and bring the villains to justice.

Cast

Roy Rogers as Roy Rogers
Trigger as Trigger, Roy's Horse
Jane Frazee as Carol Martin aka Carol Vanderpool
Andy Devine as Cookie Bullfincher
Robert Livingston as Bill Regan
Roy Barcroft as Dave Williams (Regan henchman)
Charles Coleman as J. Malcolm Vanderpool
Emmett Lynn as Old Ed Carruthers
Ken Terrell as Mike Delaney (Regan henchman)
James Finlayson as Sheriff
Tommy Coats as Henchman Bannister
Foy Willing as Singer, Rancher
Riders of the Purple Sage as Singing Ranchers

External links

Grand Canyon Trail at IMDb

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1930s	The Painted Stallion (1937) S.O.S. Coast Guard (1937) The Trigger Trio (1937) Zorro Rides Again (1937) The Lone Ranger (1938) The Fighting Devil Dogs (1938) Dick Tracy Returns (1938) Hawk of the Wilderness (1938) The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939) Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939) Daredevils of the Red Circle (1939) Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939)
1940s	Heroes of the Saddle (1940) Drums of Fu Manchu (1940) Adventures of Red Ryder (1940) King of the Royal Mounted (1940) Mysterious Doctor Satan (1940) Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941) Jungle Girl (1941) King of the Texas Rangers (1941) Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. (1941) Spy Smasher (1942) Perils of Nyoka (1942) King of the Mounties (1942) G-Men vs. the Black Dragon (1943) Roll on Texas Moon (1946) Home in Oklahoma (1946) The Crimson Ghost (1946) Heldorado (1946) Apache Rose (1947) Bells of San Angelo (1947) Springtime in the Sierras (1947) On the Old Spanish Trail (1947) The Gay Ranchero (1947) Under California Stars (1948) Eyes of Texas (1948) Night Time in Nevada (1948) Grand Canyon Trail (1948) The Far Frontier (1948) Susanna Pass (1949) Down Dakota Way (1949) The Golden Stallion (1949)
1950s	Bells of Coronado (1950) Twilight in the Sierras (1950) Trigger, Jr. (1950) Sunset in the West (1950) North of the Great Divide (1950) Trail of Robin Hood (1950) Spoilers of the Plains (1951) Heart of the Rockies (1951) In Old Amarillo (1951) South of Caliente (1951) Pals of the Golden West (1951) Colorado Sundown (1952) The Last Musketeer (1952) Border Saddlemates (1952) Old Oklahoma Plains (1952) The WAC from Walla Walla (1952) South Pacific Trail (1952) Down Laredo Way (1953) Old Overland Trail (1953) Iron Mountain Trail (1953) Shadows of Tombstone (1953) The Outcast (1954) Santa Fe Passage (1955) City of Shadows (1955) Headline Hunters (1955) The Fighting Chance (1955) The Last Command (1955) (battle scenes) Stranger at My Door (1956) A Strange Adventure (1956) Panama Sal (1957) The Cool and the Crazy (1958) Juvenile Jungle (1958) Young and Wild (1958) The Bonnie Parker Story (1958) Paratroop Command (1959)
1960s - 1980s	Valley of the Redwoods (1960) The Secret of the Purple Reef (1960) The Long Rope (1961) The Cat Burglar (1961) Master of the World (1961) Apache Rifles (1964) Arizona Raiders (1965) The Girls on the Beach (1965) 40 Guns to Apache Pass (1967) I Escaped from Devil's Island (1973) Darktown Strutters (1974) Quell and Co. (1982)

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