Riders in the Sky (1949)
"Gene and Champion Ride To Glory!... as the range echoes to the stirring strains of the great cowboy ballad!"
Title: Riders in the Sky
Original Title: Riders in the Sky
Release Date: 1949-11-29
Status: Released
Rating: 5.2/10 (from 3 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music, Western
Production Companies: Columbia Pictures
When asked about the Ghost Riders song he sings, Gene Autry tells this legend: Gene is about to resign as an investigator for the county attorney and go into the cattle business with his pal Chuckawalla Jones but decides instead to help Anne Lawson clear her father, rancher Ralph Lawson, of a false murder charge. He looks for the three witnesses who can testify that Lawson shot only in self defense in killing a gambler, but the witnesses are terrorized by another gambler, town boss Rock McCleary, who shoots witness Pop Roberts Morgan. Fatally wounded, Pop gives Gene the information needed to clear Lawson, then dies crying the "Ghost Riders" are coming for him. Gene then heads for a showdown with McCleary.
Cast
Gene Autry
Gene Autry
Champion
Champ, Gene's Horse
Gloria Henry
Anne Lawson
Pat Buttram
'Chuckwalla'
Mary Beth Hughes
Julie Stewart
Robert Livingston
'Rock' McCleary
Steve Darrell
Ralph Lawson
Alan Hale Jr.
Marshal Riggs
Tom London
Old Man Robert
