Gene Autry's stolen horse turns up in a ghost town where Gene goes after he is left stranded during a stagecoach race.Gene Autry's stolen horse turns up in a ghost town where Gene goes after he is left stranded during a stagecoach race.Gene Autry's stolen horse turns up in a ghost town where Gene goes after he is left stranded during a stagecoach race.
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Champion
- Champ, Gene's Horse
- (as Champion World's Wonder Horse)
Jock Mahoney
- Pete Reagan
- (as Jock O'Mahoney)
Buck Bucko
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Bobby Clack
- Rider
- (uncredited)
Rory Mallinson
- Sheriff Pat
- (uncredited)
Frankie Marvin
- Cowhand
- (uncredited)
John McKee
- Tex Rawlins
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- GoofsTex is wearing a light-colored hat during the wagon race but when his wagon crashes the stuntman is wearing a black hat. The hat is back to being light-colored again on the ground in the reaction shot of Tex.
- ConnectionsEdited into Six Gun Theater: Rim of the Canyon (2016)
Featured review
A TALENTED CAST AND CREW MAKES THE MOST OF AN INTERESTING STORY.
Shortly after Gene Autry returned to the world of Western film-making following his wartime service, he left Republic Pictures, moving with his production company to Columbia where he enjoyed the greater fiscal capabilities of the larger studio, as can plainly be observed in this well-made melodrama that is marked by strong contributions from all involved, and that offers a storyline having precedence over Autry's former bedrock singing scenes, of which there are but two examples in this piece. Gene plays a double role, incorporating flashbacks as his sheriff father Steve who, 20 years prior, had arrested a trio of stagecoach bandits that are now prison escapees and have returned to their former hunting grounds, in the area where Gene owns a spread, to regain their secreted loot, and before this briskly-paced film has come to its closing, we may enjoy a scenario featuring an exciting stage coach race, a ghost ( naturally residing in a ghost town), a rampaging herd of wild horses, excellent stunt work, a romance (for which a homely schoolteacher abruptly blossoms), along with gunplay and superb horsemanship. The original story penned by Joseph Chadwick and published in the long-running pulp magazine "Western Aces" is adapted to a script by John K. Butler that improves upon it, adding elements that match the skills of those involved, including director John English who further tightens the work, cinematographer William Bradford, notable cameraman of equine fare, editor Aaron Stell (TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD) who works closely with English, George Montgomery, whose designs are moodily effective for the ghost town interiors, Russell Malmgren with noteworthy sound mixing, in addition to the duo of Paul Malcolm (makeup) and Beth Langston (coiffeurs) who successfully bring about a metamorphosis of Ruth (Nan Leslie) from a plain, lovelorn spinster into an actual beauty; Leslie is impressive, as are future cinema Tarzan Jock Mahoney and rugged Walter Sande as hold-up men, and there are fine turns from old hands Thurston Hall, Alan Hale Jr., Clem Bevans, John McKee, Francis McDonald and Denver Pyle, while Champion Jr. must not be ignored, the Tennessee Walker's actions being fundamental to plot development.
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- rsoonsa
- Nov 7, 2004
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- Budget
- $46,784 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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