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Fun Autry Fact:

When he was a young man, Gene received an offer from a professional baseball team to become a player. Gene turned down the offer because it would have meant a fifty-dollar-a-month pay cut from his telegrapher's job.

Film Info

Back in the Saddle

1941
Republic Pictures
Production #: 1003
72 minutes

Synopsis:
A copper mine is opened near the ranch that young Tom Bennett has just inherited, and the pollution from the mine is fast poisoning the cattle on the range. Gene Autry tries to solve the problem by reasoning with both sides, but young Tom's impetuous behavior leads everyone into more trouble than they had expected, culminating in a large-scale shoot-out in which the boomtown is destroyed and the copper mine finally shut down.

Cast:

Character: Performer:
Gene Autry Gene Autry
Frog Millhouse Smiley Burnette
Patsy Mary Lee
Tom Bennett Edward Norris
Taffy Jacqueline Wells
Duke Winston Addison Richards
E.G. Blaine Arthur Loft
Judge Bent Edmund Elton
Sheriff Simpson Joe McGuinn
Williams Edmund Cobb
Ward Robert Barron
Champion Champion

Songs:

BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN Gene Autry
IN THE JAILHOUSE NOW Gene Autry
NINETY-NINE BULLFROGS Smiley Burnette
SWINGIN' SAM, THE COWBOY MAN Mary Lee
WHEN THE RIVER MEETS THE RANGE Jacqueline Wells
WHEN THE CACTUS IS IN BLOOM Gene Autry
I'M AN OLD COWHAND Gene Autry, Mary Lee
YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE Gene Autry
WHEN THE RIVER MEETS THE RANGE Jacqueline Wells

Crew:

Director Lew Landers
Associate Producer Harry Grey
Original Screenplay Richard Murphy, Jesse Lasky, Jr.
Production Manager Al Wilson
Photography Ernest Miller
Film Editor Tony Martinelli
Musical Supervisor Raoul Kraushaar

Watch a Clip from Back in the Saddle: