The essential episodes of The Roy Rogers Show
Watch these 13 in order and you've got The Roy Rogers Show — each pick states its reason.
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A group of counterfeiters arrive in Mineral City and start flooding the businesses with fake money. As a result, a treasury agent arrives in town, posing as the local minister's son and asks for Roy and Dale's help in bringing them to justice.
- 03
Roy and Dale are visiting Cliff Miller, an old friend who's down on his luck following a fire at his storehouse. While there, he gets injured when someone takes a shot at him. Meanwhile, Pat gets elected sheriff and his first order of business is to hunt down and bring to justice the person who gunned Cliff down.
- 04
Roy, his friends, and a pair of children Pat are babysitting are taken hostage by the Wolf gang. When one of the kids comes down with the mumps, all of them are forced to be quarantined together for 24 hours to see of any symptoms appear in the adults.
- 05
A young woman from Connecticut arrived at Dale's café looking for her father. When Roy, Dale, and Pat take her to her father in a nearby ghost town called Red Dog, they soon learn that claim jumpers are trying to scare him out of town in order to reap the benefits of a railroad wanting to come through the town.
- 06
Roy, Dale, and Pat come across an old prospector who was attacked and blinded by a pair of outlaws. When they learn that the outlaws stole some ore samples that the prospector recently found in a nearby mine, Roy offers the old man the use of his dog Bullet to help find more ore in the mine. Through the course of their investigation, they discover that a friend is one of the outlaws, out to kill the old prospector and anyone else who gets in their way of collecting on a big strike.
- 07
A pair of young men who are unable to find work decide to turn to a life of crime and try to hold up Roy and Pat. Thinking they talked the men out of living the life of criminals, their paths cross again when they try to hold up the bank in Mineral City, then taking a friendly old couple hostage.
- 08
Roy and Pat are going past the schoolhouse when they notice the students acting rambunctiously; they go and investigate. After hearing that Mr. Everett left unexpectedly for an emergency at home, they soon discover it has to do with Everett's older brother and a recent stagecoach hold-up.
- 09
Roy, Dale, and Pat cross paths with an old man accused of swindling people into buying stock in an old mine, just so he can buy food and supplies. When the old man's granddaughter arrives at Dale's café, and stumbles upon his wanted poster, they promise to help her get to the bottom of things. Roy and Pat then track the old man down and soon discovers that his food and supplies are for his homeless friends.
- 10
When an Indian agent is murdered and another is injured when he comes to investigate the murder, Roy, Dale, and Pat turn to the old Indian chief to find out what's happening. Through the course of their investigation, they soon discover that an old miner has found a gold vein inside the old salt mine on the reservation and wanted to keep the gold for himself.
- 11
An elderly couple help Roy and Dale capture a trio of thieves after they commandeer the couple's hotel.
- 12
When the town blacksmith is gunned down while crossing the street, a young Indian man is accused by prominent rancher after hearing that the young man and the blacksmith had an argument. Looking to keep Charlie safe from a lynch mob, Roy and Dale set out to prove that he's innocent and that his accuser is hiding some very important information.
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