Author Archive: Retro

Devious banker attempts to sabotage a vital irrigation system by dynamiting the ditches, so Gene and Frog take jobs as ditchdiggers to uncover the conspiracy. Dir. B. Reeves Eason

Sheriff Autrey goes up against the O’Keefe boys, a gang of criminals who hold up passenger buses. And who plays the parts of the O’Keefe gang? None other than those Sons of the Pioneers, including Roy Rogers (Dick Weston). Dir. Joseph Kane

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