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The Roy Rogers Show : Season 5
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Air date: 09 Oct '55 - 15 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 (15)
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The Roy Rogers Show (1951)
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1. And Sudden Death
09 Oct '55An election for mayor of Mineral City is interrupted when one of the candidates is knifed by a supposedly imbecilic tinker-in reality, the leader of the nefarious ""Shadow Gang.""
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2. Ranch War
23 Oct '55A young man and his wife are driven from their ranch by a greedy, unscrupulous rancher and his treacherous son. Roy and Dale assist the young couple in their effort to reclaim the property.
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3. Violence in Paradise Valley
02 Nov '55Four escaped prisoners try to take over Paradise Valley.
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4. The Brothers O'Dell
20 Nov '55An old man has two sons: One a confirmed renegade and the other a manager of an express office. When the outlaw gang robs the express office, the renegade refuses to join them in harming his brother.
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5. The Scavenger
27 Nov '55The town scavenger picks up a cache of counterfeit money which was left by outlaws. Roy must save the old man when the outlaws return for their false money.
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The Roy Rogers Show (1951)
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6. Treasure of Paradise Valley
11 Dec '55An old miner is trading stock in a non-existent gold mine in exchange for food for his old prospector pals. When his granddaughter Maybelle arrives in town, Roy and Dale investigate the old man's case.
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7. Three Masked Men
18 Dec '55Luke Taylor's gang tries to save him from hanging by kidnapping the Governor during Mineral City's 75th Anniversary celebration. When the gang shoots ex-convict Jim Forrset, suspicion centers around young Bob Arden, whom Forrest has declined to accept as a son-in-law.
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8. Ambush
15 Jan '56A young miner is ambushed when a crooked assayer discovers that he has uncovered a bonanza.
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9. Money Is Dangerous
29 Jan '56An old ex-rancher named Carson, whom the townsfolk believe to be a miser, has been robbed by a confidence man named Hi Talley who has been employed as his bodyguard.
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The Roy Rogers Show (1951)
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10. False Faces
05 Feb '56Roy, serving as acting sheriff of Mineral County, works with his blood brother, Chief Gray Hawk, to prevent the crooked mayor from framing the Indians in a series of murders.
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The Roy Rogers Show (1951)
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11. Horse Crazy
26 Feb '56Roy is captured by a desperado who wants him to track down his missing horse, an outstanding equine which he considers faster than Trigger. The desperado regains his horse but loses his freedom when Roy ultimately overpowers him.
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12. Smoking Guns
03 Mar '56An Indian agent is murdered by an old prospector who is stealing gold he discovered in the Indian's salt mine.
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13. Empty Saddles
10 Mar '56A group of ranchers, including Roy, are being stopped by rustlers from taking their cattle to market.
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The Roy Rogers Show (1951)
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14. Sheriff Missing
17 Mar '56Sam Gardner, a Mineral City banker who wants to initiate legalized gambling, has a gang of thugs force Sheriff John Blodgett out of town so that he won't interfere with the shady dealings.
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The Roy Rogers Show (1951)
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15. The Morse Mixup
24 Mar '56Charlie Morse sells a fine horse called ""Dutchess"" to ham actor Henry Hawkins. Morse's evil brother attempts to gain possession of the animal by murdering Charlie and framing Roy and Hawkins for the crime.
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