''Song of Nevada'' is a 1944 American

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Western film directed by Joseph Kane, and starring Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.

Plot

Rancher John Barrabee is upset his daughter doesn't want to stay in the West; instead, she is a New York City nightclub singer who is engaged to marry shady playboy Rollo Bingham. Travelling back west, Barrabee's plane makes an emergency landing in Nevada and awaits another airplane that brings them parts needed to repair the aircraft. Barrabee wanders off and meets trail boss Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers. Happy he is back roping and riding with fellow cowboys, he misses his plane's departure, and joins Roy in droving cattle. After the cattle drive, Barrabee discovers he is presumed dead as his plane crashed with no survivors. Barrabee uses the opportunity to get Roy to straighten out his daughter.

Cast

* Roy Rogers as Roy Rogers *

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as Trigger, Roy's Horse * Dale Evans as Joan Barrabee * Mary Lee as Kitty Hanley * Lloyd Corrigan as Professor Hanley * Thurston Hall as John Barrabee * John Eldredge as Rollo Bingham * Forrest Taylor as Colonel Jack Thompson *

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as Chris Calahan * Emmett Vogan as Master of Ceremonies * LeRoy Mason as Ferguson * Bob Nolan as Bob *

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as Musicians * Helen Talbot as the Stewardess

Soundtrack

* "It's Love, Love, Love" (Written by Mack David, Joan Whitney and

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) * "New Moon Over Nevada" (Written by

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) * "A Cowboy Has to Yodel in the Morning" (Written by Ken Carson) * "Hi Ho Little Dogies" (Written by

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) * "The Wigwam Song" (Written by Glenn Spencer) * "Nevada" (Written by Charles Henderson) * "What Are We Going to Do?" (Written by Charles Henderson) * "Harum Scarum Baron of the Harmonium" (Written by Charles Henderson) * "And Her Golden Hair Was Hanging Down Her Back" (Written by

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and

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) * "Scrub Scrub" (Written by

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External links

* * 1944 films 1944 Western (genre) films 1940s English-language films American black-and-white films American Western (genre) films Republic Pictures films Films directed by Joseph Kane 1940s American films {{1940s-Western-film-stub