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Beyond the Purple Hills

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  • 1h 9m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
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Gene Autry and Champion in Beyond the Purple Hills (1950)
Western
Hick town sheriff Gene must arrest Jack Beaumont even though he believe Jack innocent of his father's murder. Which, of course, he sets out to prove.Hick town sheriff Gene must arrest Jack Beaumont even though he believe Jack innocent of his father's murder. Which, of course, he sets out to prove.Hick town sheriff Gene must arrest Jack Beaumont even though he believe Jack innocent of his father's murder. Which, of course, he sets out to prove.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
122
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • John English
  • Writer
    • Norman S. Hall
  • Stars
    • Gene Autry
    • Champion
    • Jo-Carroll Dennison
  • Director
    • John English
  • Writer
    • Norman S. Hall
  • Stars
    • Gene Autry
    • Champion
    • Jo-Carroll Dennison
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    • 7User reviews
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    Gene Autry and Pat Buttram in Beyond the Purple Hills (1950)
    Pat Buttram in Beyond the Purple Hills (1950)
    Gene Autry, Hugh O'Brian, and Champion in Beyond the Purple Hills (1950)
    Gene Autry and Hugh O'Brian in Beyond the Purple Hills (1950)
    Gene Autry and Hugh O'Brian in Beyond the Purple Hills (1950)

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    Gene Autry
    Gene Autry
    • Sheriff Gene Autry
    Champion
    Champion
    • Champ - Gene's Horse
    Jo-Carroll Dennison
    Jo-Carroll Dennison
    • Mollie Rayburn
    • (as Jo Dennison)
    Don Beddoe
    Don Beddoe
    • Amos Rayburn
    James Millican
    James Millican
    • Rocky Morgan
    Don Reynolds
    Don Reynolds
    • Chip Beaumont
    • (as Don Reynolds - Brown Jug)
    Hugh O'Brian
    Hugh O'Brian
    • Jack Beaumont
    Roy Gordon
    Roy Gordon
    • Judge Beaumont
    Harry Harvey
    Harry Harvey
    • Sheriff Whiteside
    Pat Buttram
    Pat Buttram
    • Deputy Mike Rawley
    Jerry Ambler
    • Rider
    • (uncredited)
    Emile Avery
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    Walter Bacon
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    Curt Barrett
    • Henchman
    • (uncredited)
    Gregg Barton
    Gregg Barton
    • Ross Pardee - Henchman
    • (uncredited)
    George Bell
    George Bell
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    Lynton Brent
    Lynton Brent
    • Man at Dance
    • (uncredited)
    Bobby Clack
    • Rider
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • John English
    • Writer
      • Norman S. Hall
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    • Quotes

      Gene Autry: Wanted anyplace?

      Mike Rawley: No, but there's plenty of places I ain't wanted.

    • Soundtracks
      Beyond the Purple Hills
      Written by Charles Kenny and Nick Kenny

      Sung by Gene Autry

    User reviews7

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    6/10
    An Unruly Kid
    Future television Wyatt Earp Hugh O'Brian plays the unruly son of Judge Roy Gordon who is at his wit's end with him. He plans to disinherit him and a couple of unscrupulous characters use that estrangement to shoot and kill Gordon and frame O'Brian for the crime. But before he died Gordon appointed Gene Autry the acting sheriff after these same characters killed sheriff Harry Harvey in a bank robbery.

    Gene arrests O'Brian on the circumstantial evidence, but doesn't believe he did it and is working to clear him. But O'Brian also has a case of the green-eyed monster as he sees Autry a rival for Jo-Carroll Dennison.

    This Columbia Autry western moves at a nice pace and Gene proves quite the clever detective in this one. We know who has done the deed, the entertainment is watching Gene get these guys to trip themselves up.

    The music is kept to minimum here as Gene sings the title song Beyond The Purple Hills and a big current hit Dear Hearts and Gentle People. Dinah Shore and Bing Crosby had the big sellers of that one, but Gene's singing of it is pretty good.

    Definitely a good one for Autry fans.
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    • May 31, 2011

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    • Release date
      • July 25, 1950 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Secreto de muerte
    • Filming locations
      • Monogram Ranch - 24715 Oak Creek Avenue, Newhall, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Gene Autry Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 9 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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