Bells of Coronado
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWilliam Witney
Written bySloan Nibley
Produced byEdward J. White
StarringRoy Rogers
Trigger
Dale Evans
CinematographyJohn MacBurnie
Edited byTony Martinelli
Music byR. Dale Butts
Production
company
Republic Pictures
Distributed byRepublic Pictures
Release date
  • January 8, 1950 (1950-01-08) (United States)
Running time
67 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Bells of Coronado is a 1950 American Trucolor Western film directed by William Witney starring Roy Rogers, Trigger the horse, and Dale Evans.

Plot

The owner of the El Coronado Mine is ambushed on the road into town by thieves, who steal a wagon full of uranium ore. The owner is found by linemen of the Coronado Light & Power Company, but dies at the town's doctor's office before regaining consciousness.

The insurance company who has insured the ore, hires Roy to find out whether the wagon accidentally went off the road and if the ore fell into the Coronado Dam reservoir. Roy goes undercover. With the help of the town's doctor who Roy has known for years, he gets a job as a lineman, working for the power company, which supplies electricity to the mine.

The thieves tie up the mine workers and try to steal a second wagon load of uranium, but Roy gives chase and is able to get the ore away from the thieves. The thieves make a second attempt and steal the second load of ore after it had been taken to the warehouse. Roy finds out that the uranium will be delivered to a dry lake bed where a foreign government is going to land an airplane to pick up the uranium. Roy has to rush to try to stop the plane from taking off with the uranium.[1]

Cast

Production

Director William Witney remains a favorite of director Quentin Tarantino. In a New York Times interview, Tarantino spoke eloquently about Witney's prowess as a director, specifically mentioning Witney's work with Roy Rogers programmers. He detailed how Witney gradually moved Rogers into more naturalistic costumes such as jeans and flannel shirts, and how occasionally the camera would follow Rogers' horse Trigger for much of a film, going off and having adventures with other animals before returning to Rogers. Tarantino and a reporter screened Witney's Roy Rogers movie The Golden Stallion together during the aforementioned interview.[2]

Soundtrack

  • "Save a Smile For a Rainy Day" (Written by Sid Robin and Foy Willing)
  • "Got No Time For the Blues" (Written by Sid Robin and Foy Willing)
  • "Bells of Coronado" (Written by Sid Robin and Foy Willing, Spanish Lyrics by Aaron González)

References

  1. ↑ "Bells of Coronado". IMDb. January 8, 1950.
  2. ↑ Lyman, Rick (September 15, 2000). "Whoa, Trigger! Auteur Alert!". The New York Times. Interview with Quentin Tarantino; Lyman and Tarantino watched The Golden Stallion together.


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