Under Western Stars is a 1938 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette, Carol Hughes, and the Maple City Four. Written by Dorrell McGowan, Stuart E. McGowan, and Betty Burbridge, the film is about a populist singing cowboy who decides to run for Congress in order to seek federal assistance to help small ranchers regain their water rights during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. His campaign comes into conflict with greedy water company executives.
Theatrical release poster
Roy Rogers, nicknamed the King of the Cowboys, was an American singer, actor, television host, and rodeo performer.
Rogers in The Carson City Kid, 1940
Rogers's boyhood home at Duck Run, near Lucasville, Ohio
Lynne Roberts and Rogers in Billy the Kid Returns, 1938
Publicity photo of Rogers and Mary Hart for Shine On, Harvest Moon, 1938