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King of the Cowboys (1943)

King of the Cowboys poster
Directed by
Joseph Kane
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 07m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A cowboy named Roy Rogers works with his sidekick Smiley Burnette to help with the war effort in Texas. They face challenges from saboteurs while putting on a stage show.

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What happens

King of the Cowboys is a 1943 film directed by Joseph Kane, starring Roy Rogers and Smiley Burnette. It is set in Texas during World War II. Life Magazine published an article on their July 12, 1943, by H. Allen Smith about Roy Rogers, calling him the "King of the Cowboys-Roy Rogers Kisses the Horse, Not the Heroine". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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