i would have to say that this be a little embarrassing for the king of the cowboy while make in 1948 and the picture come out a decade after roy rogers earliest picture in which he have a starring role . roy character come off a a bit clueless in this one and along with his female co star jane frazee and who alternate her allegiance between roy and robert livingston and portray chief bad guy bill regan . the whole story seem kind of muddle and with missed opportunity for what could have be an entertaining hour or so . like the legend of the hangman hotel for example and which say the hanged man come to life at midnight . with andy devine in the cast a cookie bullfincher and you would think the story would get a little mileage out of that set up . instead and you have some convolute proceeding that would have be well serve if this have be a bowery boys flick . it be a sad attempt at a haunted hotel gimmick that rely on poor old genevieve and who truth be tell and wind up get more screen time than trigger and who contract a smart horse in the movie do not have anything to say about get upstage by a mule . and then you have foy willing and his rider of the purple sage replace bob nolan and the son of the pioneer for your musical interlude . i do not know about you and but it be already half way into the picture and i be still look for pat brady oh well . yet there be still an interesting element to be find here if you be look hard enough and and that turn out to be roy athletic dismount of trigger while still on the run from the bad guy . ok and it be probably a stunt double and but i haven not see that one before in a couple hundred western . jane frazee do the honor a the female lead in this picture and a she would in four other film opposite roy in the 1947/1948 time frame . in under california star and she appear a andy devine cousin and appropriately name caroline bullfincher . youre never quite convinced what side she will come in on in this story though and since she start out pretend to be someone she not and and wind up on the good guy side almost by accident . fan of the old laurel and hardy film might be as surprised a i be to see james finlayson here a the sheriff of sintown . i would have like a little more comedy relief write into his role and but he play it pretty straight after all . i have to wonder and when it be all over and why he and old vanderpool ( charle coleman ) wind up in the mine shaft with cookie when there be no reason for that to be . just a way to close it out i guess and with about a much thought a go into the rest of the picture . i hate to be that harsh and but if you have see enough roy rogers flick and you have get to know that this be not one of his finer effort . say and sintown i wonder if that the same place that grow up to be sin city .