The story involves a rather odd flashback by Dale who is visiting El Dorado, home of her grandmother. She dreams about her grandmother's adventures including a romance with a cowboy who looks very much like Roy. Roy, of course, also exists in the present for Dale.
Acting
Roy plays Roy playing Roy's ancestor. Meta before meta was cool.
Costume
Margaret Dumont's Aunt Dolly outfits deserve their own credits sequence.
Writing
Who approved this narrative structure? A genius or a madman?
Director
Frank McDonald
Roy Rogers
Roy Rogers
George 'Gabby' Hayes
Gabby
Dale Evans
Lucille Wiley
Trigger
Trigger
Hardie Albright
Cecil Phelps / Cyril Earle
Margaret Dumont
Aunt Dolly / Aunt Arabella
Roy Barcroft
Buster Welch
Tom London
Sheriff Gridley
Stanley Price
Lyle Fish
Robert J. Wilke
Curley Roberts
Ed Cassidy
US Marshal
Dorothy Granger
Maisie
Bob Nolan
Bob
Jack Rice
Mr. Hollingsworth
Hank Bell
Hank, stage driver
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of nine films Roy Rogers and Dale Evans made together in 1945 alone. The man was a machine in a cowboy hat.
The 'dream frame' device let 1940s audiences accept increasingly absurd plots while maintaining moral purity—no 'real' character actually behaved recklessly.
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