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In his starring debut, Roy gets elected to Congress in order to bring water to the ranchers in his district. In Washington, he learns he needs the backing of a key congressman and gets that man to go west for an inspection trip. When the congressman is initially unimpressed, Roy gets the inspection party stranded without water to show the true conditions.

Top Cast

  • Roy Rogers

    Roy Rogers

    Roy Rogers

  • Carol Hughes

    Carol Hughes

    Eleanor Fairbanks

  • Guy Usher

    Guy Usher

    John Fairbanks

  • Smiley Burnette

    Smiley Burnette

    Frog

  • Stephen Chase

    Stephen Chase

    Tom Andrews

  • Earl Dwire

    Earl Dwire

    Mayor Biggs

  • Tom Chatterton

    Tom Chatterton

    Congressman Edward H. Marlowe

  • Al Rice

    Al Rice

    Member of Maple City Four

  • Fritz Meissner

    Fritz Meissner

    Member of Maple City Four

Overview

In his starring debut, Roy gets elected to Congress in order to bring water to the ranchers in his district. In Washington, he learns he needs the backing of a key congressman and gets that man to go west for an inspection trip. When the congressman is initially unimpressed, Roy gets the inspection party stranded without water to show the true conditions.

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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    6 Apr 10, 2026

    'Roy' (Roy Rogers) is fed up with his community being starved of water by the greedy water company, so he vows to do something about it. Though the 'Frog' (Smiley Burnette) dropping the water valve into the reservoir nearby helps a little, he needs to engage with Washington and so he goes and gets himself elected. Once there, he discovers that nobody is paying attention to him or his cause, until he befriends the feisty 'Eleanor' (Carol Hughes) who's dad (Gary Usher) just happens to own the self-same utility. She takes our novice lawmaker under her wing and is soon showing him enough of the ropes for him to realise that he is going to have to be pretty devious if he is to enlist the help of his fellow congressman 'Marlowe' (Tom Chatterton) and 'Sen. Wilson' (Brandon Beach). That's where his friends come in, as they stage an ambush and then expose the visiting party to some of the dust-ridden hardships faced by these hardy but desperate farmers. Along the way, Rogers does his best wandering minstrel impression and it's probably the brief 'Send My Mail to the County Jail' that sticks most in the mind as a gentle chemistry emerges between him and Hughes; Burnette pretends to be Andy Devine and a broad swipe is taken at 1930s politicians who don't care a jot about their long-suffering rural constituents. On that last point there is quite a fearsome dust-storm to illustrates just how arid conditions were for these pioneers and though debutant Rogers is a little too wooden, this is still quite a watchable story with a message worth sharing.

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