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Public Cowboy No. 1 (1937)
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23 August 1937 (USA) morePlot:
Rustlers using modern technology (airplanes, shortwave radios, refrigerated trucks) are Gene's target. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Most Bizarre Opening Scene in a Western moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Gene Autry | ... | Deputy Sheriff Gene Autry |
 | Smiley Burnette | ... | Frog Millhouse |
| Ann Rutherford | ... | Helen Morgan |
| William Farnum | ... | Sheriff Matt Doniphon |
| Arthur Loft | ... | Jack Shannon |
| Frankie Marvin | ... | Deputy Stubby |
| House Peters Jr. | ... | Jim Shannon |
| James C. Morton | ... | Eustace P. Quackenbush |
| Maston Williams | ... | Thad Slaughter |
| Frank LaRue | ... | Justice (as Frank La Rue) |
| Milburn Morante | ... | Ezra - Newspaper Printer |
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Add content advisory for parentsRuntime:
61 min (copyright length) (restored version) | 53 min (edited version)Country:
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EnglishColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (RCA Victor High Fidelity Sound System)Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #3543) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | Sweden:Btl | USA:Passed (National Board of Review)Filming Locations:
Kernville, California, USAFun Stuff
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Ezra - Newspaper Printer: I'm ready for that lead article.Helen Morgan: Well, I had it here a minute ago.
[looks at Gene]
Helen Morgan: What did you do with it?
Deputy Sheriff Gene Autry: Is this it?
[Gene tosses Helen a string of paper dolls]
Helen Morgan: Why, you belong in a kindergarten or a padded cell. Now get out of here!
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Old Buck-A-Roo moreFAQ
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This is a pretty typical early Gene Autry Western. Cowpokes and cattle and horses and cars/trucks/airplanes ... yeehaw.
Anyway, the most unusual scene in this movie, very subtle indeed, is the opening sequence. Gene, ridin' and singin' along, the titles rolling by. Check out behind him and see if you see anything odd.
What's that? Looks like a dummy or something. No, it's Smiley Burnette, riding backwards with a forward facing mask on the back of his head. Even funnier, once the titles and song are finished, Gene and another guy have a long conversation before they even mention the bizarre Smiley and his "disguise" ...
His explanation: It was a disguise so that he could keep an eye out so no one could sneak up on them from behind. Ah, Smiley. Ah, humanity.