This film has about the same visual appeal as My Friend Flicka,
with it's brilliantly colorful Trucolor camerawork. The color
enhances greatly a film that is still mostly enjoyable. Though
highly dated, at times it's even suspenseful and get pretty exciting
towards the end, when Roy Rogers and his friends go to rescue
Trigger, who is billed as the smartest horse in pictures, and who
comes across as just that. Roy is charismatic and does all the
singing and horse wrangling like a pro, why shouldn't he?, and the
rest of the cast lend decent performances. Michael Chapin is
probably the best of the cast, after Roy, making his role as the
token star-struck kid seem not too predictable. Jane Frazee, on
the other hand, comes across as one of the dumbest leading
ladies ever. So, it's amusing and squeaky clean entertainment for
all the ages, but nothing superb. But then, it really wasn't
supposed to be.
with it's brilliantly colorful Trucolor camerawork. The color
enhances greatly a film that is still mostly enjoyable. Though
highly dated, at times it's even suspenseful and get pretty exciting
towards the end, when Roy Rogers and his friends go to rescue
Trigger, who is billed as the smartest horse in pictures, and who
comes across as just that. Roy is charismatic and does all the
singing and horse wrangling like a pro, why shouldn't he?, and the
rest of the cast lend decent performances. Michael Chapin is
probably the best of the cast, after Roy, making his role as the
token star-struck kid seem not too predictable. Jane Frazee, on
the other hand, comes across as one of the dumbest leading
ladies ever. So, it's amusing and squeaky clean entertainment for
all the ages, but nothing superb. But then, it really wasn't
supposed to be.