Review of Utah

Utah (1945)
7/10
Amusingly Askew Rogers-Evans Vehicle
1 July 2023
It all begins on a stage in Chicago, where Dale Evans is rehearsing a song for a forthcoming musical. Unfortunately, the show's backers have pulled out, so the production is shut down. Miss Evans, however, owns a ranch in Utah she has never seen, so she packs up the chorines and takes them out there. She intends to sell the ranch for enough money to produce the show, and if she can't, she figures they can eat until the next season begins. Her foreman, Roy Rogers, doesn't want her to sell the well maintained and profitable ranch. After some ill-natured sparring, he hits on the idea of taking her to Gabby Hayes' run-down spread. Unfortunately for his plans, she sells her ranch to some bad guys for a fraction of of its value.

This one doesn't rate as high as most of the Roy Rogers-Dale Evans movies, and I can see why. The musical numbers run the gamut from the usual western numbers by the Sons of the Pioneers -- who play Miss Evans' cow hands -- to southern numbers, to blues. I thought it was a well-produced movie, with some nice twists in the plot, and lots of good humor. See if you can spot Richard Farnsworth among the stunt men.
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