Author Archive: Retro

The only Gene Autry film where the leading lady, Barbara Britton, is equally billed above the title as the co-star, thereby knocking his horse Champion out of the honors, if one chooses to overlook the 1941 novelty from 20th Century-Fox that had Jane Withers and Gene Autry above the title in that order. This Autry entry has Larry Evans, whose gun had been used to kill rancher Ed Norton in a poker game, escaping a lynching party headed by ranchers Dave Randall and Bill Otis. Norton’s friend Gene Autry, investigating on his own, discovers that Larry’s gun had been put in the poker pot with the chips, after Larry had lost all of his money, and anyone could have used it when the lights went out. He finds Larry and his sister Mary Evans in a hideaway, and sends Mary back to town and hides Larry in the cabin of miner Jim Hedge. Finding out [...]

Chasing rustlers, Gene and Frog find that two of them have killed two
deputies and changed clothes with them. Hoping to find the gang leader they
change into the outlaw’s clothes. This puts them on the right track when
the big boss Stafford saves them from a posse. But the two outlaws now
posing as Deputies arrive and Gene and Frog soon find themselves prisoners. Written by Maurice VanAuken

Gene and Frog must keep the new settlers of a small town from being swindled by some bad guys. Dir. Joseph Kane

Texas Ranger scouting for the army tries to warn the colonel about an impending Commanche attack, and is put in jail for his trouble. Dir. Joseph Kane

Autry leads the cattle ranchers in a war against invading oilmen, and ends up getting framed for murder. Produced by Armand Schaefer. Dir. Joseph Kane

Autry in a dual role as a lawman tracking villains whom his father put in prison twenty years ago. Produced by Armand Schaefer. Dir. Jon English

Gene tries to break up the Georgia equivalent of a range war between turpentiners and cattlemen, with the help of the ever reliable Smiley. Produced by Armand Schaefer. Dir. Joseph Kane

Evil Indian Agent Richards is cheating the Indians into starvation. Gene shows that their raids are only for survival.

Just as Lucky Webster (Fred Kohler Jr). is being questioned about a recent train robbery, Tom Allen (Tom Keene) appears at his ranch and confirms his alibi. Lucky offers Tom a job with the gang he is secretly working for. Lucky’s sister, Julie (Jean Trent), doesn’t realize he is mixed up with an outlaw gang. Tom, a U.S. Marshal working undercover with Sheriff Big Bill Collins (Glenn Strange), asks the sheriff about respected citizen and bank president Jeff Gordon (LeRoy Mason), whom he suspects of working with the mail robbers. Tom plants a dictophone in Gordon’s office and hears him tell gang leader Jim Rivers (Karl Hackett) that the next shipment is $15,000 and gives Rivers information to make the hold-up. Julie, accidently, tips Lucky off to Tom’s real identity and Tom is ambushed as he rides back to the gang’s hideout.