The Roy Rogers Show (TV Series) The Long Chance (1953) User Reviews

The Long Chance is another exciting episode of The Roy Rogers Show

[tavm · 8/10 · 11 August 2007]

Bank robber Pete Grundy (Henry Rowland) is accused of stealing some school fund money. After pulling a gun on Roy and Dale at Dale's diner, he swears he didn't do it and promises to find out who did in exchange for deputy sheriff Roy's letting him get away for 30 minutes before looking for him. Many of Grundy's subsequent actions lead Roy to doubt him but since Pete acts mostly gentlemanly despite his outlaw reputation, Roy always gives him the benefit of a doubt. Pat Brady, on the other hand, manages to always get himself and Roy in some awful tight spots...Now here's a rare episode in which a bad guy acts good sometimes and might even go straight after whatever sentence he might serve! Rowland can be both charming and menacing here when the occasion warrants it and he and Rogers are great going back and forth on their respective opinions. Brady is his usual funny sidekick self and provides Henry with a most hilarious denouement. Only disappointment is Dale doesn't get in on the action as she usually does. Still a very good episode of The Roy Rogers Show.

An Almost Good Bad Guy

[hogwrassler · 8/10 · 5 February 2021]

I am watching this episode right now on The Cowboy Channel. The Pete Grundy gang is accused of stealing the funds donated for a new school. But Pete Grundy comes to Roy and swears he and his gang wouldn't steal from children. He says that he will find the rascals who did steal the money and turn them over to Roy. However, before he leaves, he cold cocks Roy and leaves him and Dale tied up and Dale gagged. Eventually, Roy and Pete do work together to find the real culprits. Could they be members of Pete's gang acting on their own? Henry Rowland is Pete Grundy. He makes the first of his eight appearances on The Roy Rogers Show. This is one of the few episodes where he has a large role, instead of mostly playing a henchman. Henry was born Wolfram von Bock in Omaha, Nebraska. He appeared in most of the western TV series in the 1950s and his eight appearances, always as a different character, make him a very familiar face on the RR Show.