According to a 1948 Life magazine article, "if [Gene's records] were all shipped to one place, [they] would make up a freight train solid with Western songs and be more than a mile long."

Film Info

On Top of Old Smoky

1953
Columbia Pictures
Production #: 8118
60 minutes

Synopsis:
Gene Autry, star of a singing show with the Cass County Boys billed as "Gene Autry and his Texas Rangers," is mistaken for a real Ranger in the tough town of Mountain City. Gene soon swings into action to help Jen Larrabee, the owner of a toll road who is having trouble with the local eye doctor and a local gambler who want Jen to relinquish her property which contains valuable mica deposits. In an exciting showdown, Gene outsmarts and outfights the villains and then, with the help of his sidekick Smiley Burnette and the Cass County Boys, turns them over to the real Texas Rangers.

Cast:

Character:	Performer:
Gene Autry	Gene Autry
Smiley Burnette	Smiley Burnette
Jen Larrabee	Gail Davis
"Doc" Judson	Grandon Rhodes
Lila Maryland	Sheila Ryan
McQuaid	Kenne Duncan
Musical Group	Cass County Boys
Champion	Champion, World's Wonder Horse

Songs:

ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY	Gene Autry
I HANG MY HEAD AND CRY	Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette
TRAIL TO MEXICO	Cass County Boys
I SAW HER FIRST	Smiley Burnette
IF IT WASN'T FOR THE RAIN	Gene Autry, Cass County Boys
ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY	Gene Autry, Cass County Boys

Crew:

A Gene Autry Production
Director	George Archainbaud
Producer	Armand Schaefer
Story and Screenplay	Gerald Geraghty
Director of Photography	William Bradford, A.S.C.
Art Director	George Brooks
Film Editor	James Sweeney, A.C.E.
Set Decorator	Frank Tuttle
Assistant Director	Paul Donnelly
Musical Supervisor	Paul Mertz
Musical Director	Mischa Bakaleinikoff

Watch a Clip from On Top of Old Smoky: