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Under California Stars (1948)

Under California Stars poster
Directed by
William Witney
Genre
Western film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Roy Rogers comes back to his ranch after celebrating his movie career. He goes after a gang that has kidnapped his horse Trigger and demands a ransom.

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What happens

Under California Stars is a 1948 American Trucolor Western film directed by William Witney and starring Roy Rogers, Jane Frazee and Andy Devine. The film was shot in Trucolor. After returning from Hollywood after his tenth anniversary in films to his ranch, Rogers tackles a gang who kidnap his horse Trigger and hold it to ransom. This film is now in the public domain. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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