Film Info
Beyond the Purple Hills
1950
Columbia Pictures
Production #: 977
70 minutes
Synopsis:
Gene Autry becomes the new Sheriff of Cottonwood after bank robbers kill the former sheriff. When Judge Beaumont is murdered, circumstantial evidence points to the judge's wild son, Jack, as the killer. Gene, believing the young man innocent, tries to help him and battles a lynch mob.
Cast:
| Character: | Performer: |
| Gene Autry | Gene Autry |
| Mike Rawley | Pat Buttram |
| Molly Rayburn | Jo Dennison |
| Amos Rayburn | Don Beddoe |
| Rocky Morgan | James Millican |
| Chip Beaumont | Don Reynolds (Brown Jug) |
| Jack Beaumont | Hugh O'Brian |
| Judge Beaumont | Roy Gordon |
| Sheriff Whiteside | Harry Harvey |
| Band at July 4th Celebration | Cass County Boys |
| Little Champ | Little Champ |
| Champion | Champion, World's Wonder Horse |
Songs:
| BEYOND THE PURPLE HILLS | Gene Autry |
| DEAR HEARTS AND GENTLE PEOPLE | Gene Autry |
Crew:
| A Gene Autry Production | |
| Director | John English |
| Producer | Armand Schaefer |
| Writer | Norman S. Hall |
| Director of Photography | William Bradford |
| Art Director | Harold MacArthur |
| Film Editor | Richard Fantl |
| Set Decorator | George Montgomery |
| Musical Supervisor | Paul Mertz |
| Musical Director | Mischa Bakaleinikoff |
| Song: BEYOND THE PURPLE HILLS | Charles Kenny, Nick Kenny |
