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Film Info

The Old West

1952
Columbia Pictures
Production #: 8045
62 minutes

Synopsis:
Gene Autry tames and sells wild horses to the Saddlerock stagecoach line, managed by Arlie Williams. His only competitor, Doc Lockwood, ambushes and shoots Gene, who is nursed back to health by a wandering peddler, Panhandle Gibbs. When a race to test Gene's and Doc Lockwood's horses is arranged, Lockwood loosens a wheel on Gene's stagecoach, which is wrecked. Gene puts an end to Lockwood's villainies after a gunfight.

Cast:

Character: Performer:
Gene Autry Gene Autry
Panhandle Gibbs Pat Buttram
Arlie Williams Gail Davis
Doc Lockwood Lyle Talbot
Jeff Bleeker Louis Jean Heydt
Parson Jonathan Brooks House Peters, Sr.
Saunders House Peters, Jr.
Pinto Dick Jones
Judie Kathy Johnson
Hod Evers Don Harvey
Little Champ Little Champ
Champion Champion, World's Wonder Horse

Songs:

SOMEBODY BIGGER THAN YOU AND I Gene Autry, Cast
MUSIC BY THE ANGELS Gene Autry, Cast
SOMEBODY BIGGER THAN YOU AND I Gene Autry, Cast

Crew:

A Gene Autry Production
Director George Archainbaud
Producer Armand Schaefer
Writer Gerald Geraghty
Director of Photography William Bradford, A.S.C.
Art Director Charles Clague
Film Editor James Sweeney, A.C.E.
Set Decorator David Montrose
Musical Supervisor Paul Mertz
Musical Director Mischa Bakaleinikoff

Watch a Clip from The Old West: