{"product_id":"heart-of-the-rockies-1951","title":"Heart of the Rockies (1951)","description":"Roy plays an engineer overseeing the construction of a new highway. Assisting him are former juvenile delinquents paying their debt to society. Crusty old rancher Andrew Willard publicly opposes the highway as an eyesore, but secretly does not want the fact that he acquired his property illegally discovered. Willard hires rustlers to sabotage the road project and pin it on the reform school boys. Roy and Trigger leap into action to clear the boys' names and expose Willard as a crooked land baron.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeart of the Rockies\u003c\/i\u003e was one of the last movies Roy Rogers made before he made the leap to television with \u003ci\u003eThe Roy Rogers Show\u003c\/i\u003e, which premiered on NBC a few months after the film's release. Years as it is into his film career (he started making movies for Warner Brothers back in 1937) this was an attempt to change the formula by giving Roy a group of junior helpers from the wrong side of the tracks, his own \"Dead End Kids.\" However, none of the young actors featured ever appeared on screen with Roy again. Roy's wife Dale Evans was still home with their children, so Penny Edwards made her sixth appearance as Roy's leading lady (Dale would return from her leave for the NBC TV series.) Gordon Jones, best known as Mike the Cop on \u003ci\u003eThe Abbott and Costello Show\u003c\/i\u003e (1952-1954) provides comic relief. Villain Ralph Morgan is the brother of Frank Morgan of \u003ci\u003eWizard of Oz\u003c\/i\u003e fame. Director William Witney made what many consider to be Republic's best serials, including \u003ci\u003eMysterious Doctor Satan\u003c\/i\u003e (1940), \u003ci\u003eAdventures of Captain Marvel\u003c\/i\u003e (1941), \u003ci\u003eSpy Smasher\u003c\/i\u003e (1942), and \u003ci\u003eThe Crimson Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e (1946).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBONUS: \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJunior Bronc Busters\u003c\/i\u003e (1952):\u003c\/b\u003e This Castle Films short shows young boys and girls competing in riding, roping and bulldogging contests at a junior rodeo. \"The rodeo - where a man will wrestle a half a ton of demented roast beef just to show what's he made of!\" proclaims the breathless narrator.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alpha Video","offers":[{"title":"DVD","offer_id":45802767679638,"sku":"089218835994","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/9621\/5446\/files\/089218835994.jpg?v=1762202922","url":"https:\/\/moviezyng.com\/products\/heart-of-the-rockies-1951","provider":"Movie Zyng","version":"1.0","type":"link"}