On the Old Spanish Trail

On the Old Spanish Trail
Directed by	William Witney
Written by	Sloan Nibley (screenplay) Gerald Geraghty (original story)
Produced by	Edward J. White (associate producer)
Starring	Roy Rogers
Cinematography	Jack A. Marta
Edited by	Tony Martinelli
Music by	R. Dale Butts Joseph Dubin Stanley Wilson
Production company	Republic Pictures
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release date	October 15, 1947 (1947-10-15) (United States)
Running time	75 minutes 54 minutes 57 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

On the Old Spanish Trail is a 1947 American Trucolor Western film starring Roy Rogers and directed by William Witney.^[1]

Plot

Cast

• Roy Rogers as Roy Rogers
• Trigger as Trigger, the Smartest Horse in the West
• Tito Guízar as Rico / The Gypsy
• Jane Frazee as Candy Martin
• Andy Devine as Constable Cookie Bullfincher
• Estelita Rodriguez as Lolita
• Charles McGraw as Harry Blaisdell
• Fred Graham as Henchman Marcos
• Steve Darrell as Henchman Al
• Marshall Reed as Henchman Gus
• Wheaton Chambers as Oil Co. Clerk Silas MacIntyre
• Bob Nolan as Bob
• Sons of the Pioneers as Musicians

Soundtrack

• Tito Guízar - "I'll Never Love Again" based on "La borrachita" (Written by Ignacio Fernández Esperón, English lyrics by Al Stewart)
• Estelita Rodriguez and Tito Guízar - "Guadalajara" (Written by Pepe Guízar)
• Roy Rogers and Jane Frazee - "My Adobe Hacienda" (Written by Louise Massey and Lee Penny)
• Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers - "On the Old Spanish Trail" (Music by Kenneth Leslie-Smith, lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy)
• Tito Guízar - "Una furtiva lagrima" from the opera L'elisir d'amore (Music by Gaetano Donizetti, libretto by Felice Romani)
• Sons of the Pioneers - "Here Is My Helping Hand" (Written by Bob Nolan)
• "Bolero" (Written by M.H. Sturgis and W.P. Blake)

References

1. Pitts, Michael R. (December 13, 2012). Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 233. ISBN 978-1-4766-0090-1.

External links

• On the Old Spanish Trail at IMDb
• On the Old Spanish Trail at the TCM Movie Database
• On the Old Spanish Trail is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive