Roy Rogers Show - Season 4 - Episode 3 - Backfire | Dale Evans, Roy Rogers, Trigger

A thief ambushes a parson and then disguises himself as the man. THE ROY ROGERS SHOW is an American Western television series that broadcast 100 episodes on NBC for six seasons between December 30, 1951 and June 9, 1957. The show starred Roy Rogers as a ranch owner, Dale Evans as the proprietress of the Eureka Café and Hotel in fictional Mineral City, and Pat Brady as Roy’s sidekick and Dale's cook. Brady's Jeep Nellybelle at times had a mind of her own and sped away driverless with Brady in frantic pursuit on foot. Animal stars were Roy's Palomino horse Trigger and his German Shepherd Bullet, the "Wonder Dog". As with many other Western films of the 1930s–1950s, the Roy Rogers Show featured cowboys and cowgirls riding horses and carrying six-shooters, but unlike traditional westerns, the series had a contemporary setting with automobiles, telephones, and electric lighting. No attempt was made in the scripts to explain or justify this strange amalgamation of 19th-century characters with 20th-century technology. Typical episodes followed the stars as they rescued the weak and helpless from the clutches of dishonest lawmen, con artists, bank robbers, claim jumpers, rustlers, and other "bad guys." In addition to traditional Western plot themes such as cattle rustling and bank robberies, the program featured more contemporary topics, including gun safety and conservation of natural resources. "Many of the shows expressed a moral, and several preached a Christian message." The show received an Emmy nomination in 1955 for Best Western or Adventure Series, but it lost out to the syndicated Stories of the Century, an anthology series starring and narrated by Jim Davis. The series finished #27 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1951-1952 season and #30 for 1954-1955. Directed by Robert G. Walker, Don McDougall, Leslie H. Martinson Starring Dale Evans, Roy Rogers, Trigger Cast Dale Evans as Dale Evans Roy Rogers as Roy Rogers Trigger as Trigger Pat Brady as Pat Brady Bullet as Bullet Harry Harvey as Sheriff Russ Scott as Henchman Buttermilk as Dale's Horse Wally West as Henchman Jack O'Shea as Banker Don C. Harvey as Cub Wiley Terry Frost as Henchman