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The Roy Rogers Show : Season 4
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Air date: 12 Sep '54 - 18 episodesThe Roy Rogers Show is an American Western television series that broadcast one hundred episodes on NBC for six seasons between December 30, 1951 and June 9, 1957. The show starred Roy Rogers as a ranch owner, Dale Evans as the proprietress of the Eureka Cafe in fictional Mineral City, and Pat Brady as Roy’s sidekick and Dale's cook. Brady's jeep Nellybelle had a mind of her own and often sped away driverless with Brady in frantic pursuit on foot. Animal stars were Roy's Palomino horse, Trigger and his German Shepherd wonder dog, Bullet. The show was filmed at the Samuel Goldwyn Studio, and originally sponsored by General Foods. The show's theme song, “Happy Trails”, was written by Dale Evans and sung over the end credits by Rogers and Evans. The show received an Emmy nomination in 1955 for Best Western or Adventure Series, but it lost out to the syndicated Stories of the Century, an anthology series starring and narrated by Jim Davis. Beginning in 1961, CBS broadcast reruns of The Roy...
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List of Episodes (18)
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1. The Lady Killer
12 Sep '54In this violent entry, a lady banker murders all the ranchers in oil-rich Lost Valley in order to gain control of the property. She is planning to murder eight-year-old Jamie Jenkins when Roy intervenes.
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2. The Young Defenders
03 Oct '54Mike and Betty Tobin are frightened children left alone in a cabin while their fur-trapping father is held captive by outlaws after his valuable pelts.
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3. Backfire
10 Oct '54Parson Loomis, carrying a payroll from the Mineral City Bank to the Hardrock Mine, is ambushed by two thieves, one of whom later disguises himself as the visiting ""Reverend Brown,"" a supposed friend of Loomis's. Roy, Dale, Pat, and the parson's childern soon realize that their ""guest"" is no man of the cloth.
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4. Last of the Larabee Kid
17 Oct '54A swift, mysterious desperado called The Larabee Kid has been hijacking stolen loot from thieves who prey on stagecoaches. As it develops, he is actually the son of a slain marshal, seeking vengeance on the outlaws who murdered his father.
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5. The Hijackers
24 Oct '54Beaver Jones, president of the Paradise Valley Fur Traders Association, is defrauded by his grandson Tim, who is hijacking furs in order to pay off a gambling debt.
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6. Hard Luck Story
31 Oct '54The Hard Luck Insurance Company, for one flat premium payment, will insure any rancher for the rest of his life-or so the firm contends. Roy reveals that the entire affair is a ruthless racket.
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7. Boys' Day in Paradise Valley
07 Nov '54When the offices of the law are turned over to students in honor of Boy's Day, Bob Miner is named sheriff and his unscrupulous uncle takes advantage of the opportunity to acquire adjoining land from an elderly rancher.
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8. Bad Neighbors
21 Nov '54Roy and Dale are caught between the fight of cattlemen and homesteaders who want the same land for different reasons.
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9. Strangers
05 Dec '54Lanny Gaines, a teenager with artistic talent, moves with his father to Paradise Valley, but they are dismayed when no one pays them a welcome call. When three desperados posing as surveyors ask Gaines for lodging, the old man is only too glad to comply.
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10. Hidden Treasures
19 Dec '54When the Castle gang hears Roy and Dale say ""The Key to the greatest treasure in the world is in that book,"" they resort to violence to gain possession of it.
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11. Outcasts of Paradise Valley
09 Jan '55When they are unable to find work, two youths turn to crime, even endangering a kindly old couple who befriended them.
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12. The Big Chance
23 Jan '55Pat Brady and Nellybelle are kidnapped by a gang of outlaws, one of whom coincidentally may be inheriting a million dollars.
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13. Uncle Steve's Finish
03 Feb '55Roy and Dale are suspicious of a local school teacher's growing nervousness after the Paradise Valley stage is robbed.
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14. Dead End Trail
20 Feb '55There is a large reward for the capture of desperado Curt Carlson. A Young man sees the poster and decides to run away from his overbearing father to join the Carlson gang.
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15. Born Fugitive
27 Feb '55Dale befriends a little girl called ""Johnnie,"" whose outlaw father has been murdered by his confederates.
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16. Quick Draw
20 Mar '55Marv Hanley is a quick-tempered, trigger-happy sheep rancher whose brother-in-law, Dunc Wright, has recently held up a stage. Marv, who has never had any use for Dunc, joins the posse in order to gun him down.
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17. The Ginger Horse
27 Mar '55Roy, Dale, and Pat are visiting nearby Carson County. While there, they meet a little girl named Janie Howard whose beloved horse has been stolen by an outlaw who has framed Janie's father in a robbery.
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18. The Showdown
22 May '55Ellen Corbin, a waitress at the Eureka Cafe, is awaiting her father's release from prison. As soon as Corbin returns to Mineral City, his former partner begins to menace him.
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