Gene responds to cattle rustling by stringing barbed wire all around his range.Gene responds to cattle rustling by stringing barbed wire all around his range.Gene responds to cattle rustling by stringing barbed wire all around his range.
Jock Mahoney
- Tod Jeffreys
- (as Jock O'Mahoney)
Clark Burroughs
- Duke Kirby
- (as Clark 'Buddy' Burroughs)
Chuck Roberson
- Mike Grady - Henchman
- (as Charles Roberson)
Emile Avery
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Arthur Berkeley
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
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- Writer
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Did you know
- GoofsWhen stable owner Reeves pins down henchmen Mike and Ed during the posse chase, he tells them to throw down their guns and step out in the open. They do so with their hands in the air, and Reeves shoots them both. However when Gene Autry and the sheriff arrive, both of the men are shown with a gun in their outstretched hands after Reeves says that they were going to fire on him.
- SoundtracksPowder Your Face With Sunshine
(uncredited)
Written by Carmen Lombardo and Stanley Rochinski
Sung by Gene Autry
Featured review
Gene Tangles With Barbed Wire
Well-done Autry oater, longer than usual (70-min.). I guess I'd never thought about a homely item like barbed wire and its significance before now. Thanks to the movie, however, I know a lot more, and have a greater appreciation. Plot-wise, Gene has to prove the wire's worth to ranchers despite land grabbers who want to sabotage its effectiveness. There's a great scenic climax with more sweep and manpower than usual, along with a lot of hard riding. Those Sierra vistas in the background are majestic as heck, while the guys thread through the rock spires of the familiar Alabama Hills.
Too bad Gene sings only snatches of some classic western tunes. I could have used more of "Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie". No comedy sidekick here, though Buddy Burroughs (Duke) carries the youth angle. I do, however, wonder whether using the towering Tarzan (Mahoney) as a two-fisted foil for Autry was a good idea. Gene may be a heckuva stunt man, but visually Mahoney's got a big edge. And catch the spunky Gail Davis. Unlike most leading ladies, she looks like she belongs outdoors. Speaking of outdoors, these oaters give a geezer like me a chance to get back out in the Big-Open, if only vicariously. I guess you can take the kid out of the matinée, but you can't take the matinée out of the kid.
Anyhow, an "8" on the matinée scale.
Too bad Gene sings only snatches of some classic western tunes. I could have used more of "Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie". No comedy sidekick here, though Buddy Burroughs (Duke) carries the youth angle. I do, however, wonder whether using the towering Tarzan (Mahoney) as a two-fisted foil for Autry was a good idea. Gene may be a heckuva stunt man, but visually Mahoney's got a big edge. And catch the spunky Gail Davis. Unlike most leading ladies, she looks like she belongs outdoors. Speaking of outdoors, these oaters give a geezer like me a chance to get back out in the Big-Open, if only vicariously. I guess you can take the kid out of the matinée, but you can't take the matinée out of the kid.
Anyhow, an "8" on the matinée scale.
- dougdoepke
- Jan 27, 2015
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- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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