Not only is this an odd story for a Roy Rogers film, it's out of the ordinary for any B Western of the era. The picture opens with Roy and his crew putting out a fire on an oil pipeline he supervises, and finds that it was caused by an errant rocket ship that crashed! And then, with everyone scrambling, Roy and Trigger both get outfitted with hazmat suits to put out the fire! You should have seen Trigger with the weird plastic eyepieces that didn't look like they would be very useful, but even with the clumsy gear, Trigger makes a successful jump over a barrier with Roy on top, a stunt that looked like it could have been more than dangerous.
Well, the rocket ship was the work of a scientist (William Forrest) experimenting with long range weather forecasting technology, and when it's spied by enemy government agents, their leader Camwell (Grant Withers) wants to get his hands on it. At the same time, he's running his own oil operation and stealing from Roy's pipeline, making for a very involved plot in an old time Western.
You have to hand it to Roy's animal pals in this one, both Trigger and Bullet doing some heavy lifting. Bullet literally takes a bullet defending Roy from the bad guys, and gets into a scrape with a rival canine, not once but twice! Trigger, in addition to that earlier stunt, comes to Roy's rescue prior to the final chase scene featuring some incredible stunt work. If you watch closely, you'll see a stunt man leaping from one wagon to another and missing a handhold, and it looks like he wound up under the wheel of the racing wagon! The scene cuts away real quick, but I'd sure like to know what happened to that guy.
For all the lively action, the finale is a bit of a disappointment when atop an oil rig with Roy duking it out with baddie Camwell, the villain literally goes out on a limb (actually a rope), and can't hold on, falling about forty feet to his death. Not exactly a heroic outcome for Roy, but I guess you take them however you can get them!
Well, the rocket ship was the work of a scientist (William Forrest) experimenting with long range weather forecasting technology, and when it's spied by enemy government agents, their leader Camwell (Grant Withers) wants to get his hands on it. At the same time, he's running his own oil operation and stealing from Roy's pipeline, making for a very involved plot in an old time Western.
You have to hand it to Roy's animal pals in this one, both Trigger and Bullet doing some heavy lifting. Bullet literally takes a bullet defending Roy from the bad guys, and gets into a scrape with a rival canine, not once but twice! Trigger, in addition to that earlier stunt, comes to Roy's rescue prior to the final chase scene featuring some incredible stunt work. If you watch closely, you'll see a stunt man leaping from one wagon to another and missing a handhold, and it looks like he wound up under the wheel of the racing wagon! The scene cuts away real quick, but I'd sure like to know what happened to that guy.
For all the lively action, the finale is a bit of a disappointment when atop an oil rig with Roy duking it out with baddie Camwell, the villain literally goes out on a limb (actually a rope), and can't hold on, falling about forty feet to his death. Not exactly a heroic outcome for Roy, but I guess you take them however you can get them!