Film Info
Whirlwind
1951
Columbia Pictures
Production #: 8026
71 minutes
Synopsis:
Ace postal inspector Gene Autry, known as "The Whirlwind," arrives in Red Bluff to work with postal inspector Smiley Burnette in the investigation of a series of mail robberies. Gene becomes suspicious of Big Jim Lassitter, uncle of pretty Elaine Lassitter. U.S. Postal Bonds are stolen in a bank holdup and Smiley finds burned fragments of them on the Lassitter Ranch. Big Jim's henchman Wade Trimble confesses that Big Jim killed his own brother to rob Elaine of her estate and is also guilty of the mail robberies. Gene rounds up Big Jim and the crooked elements of Red Bluff.
Cast:
| Character: | Performer: |
| Gene Autry | Gene Autry |
| Smiley Burnette | Smiley Burnette |
| Elaine Lassitter | Gail Davis |
| Big Jim Lassitter | Thurston Hall |
| Wade Trimble | Harry Lauter |
| Lou Kramer | Dick Curtis |
| Sheriff Barlow | Harry Harvey |
| Bill Trask | Gregg Barton |
| Champion | Champion, World's Wonder Horse |
Songs:
| WHIRLWIND | Studio Singers |
| AS LONG AS I HAVE MY HORSE | Gene Autry |
| TWEEDLE-O-TWILL | Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette |
| WHIRLWIND | Gene Autry, Studio Singers |
Crew:
| A Gene Autry Production | |
| Director | John English |
| Producer | Armand Schaefer |
| Writer | Norman S. Hall |
| Director of Photography | William Bradford |
| Art Director | Charles Clague |
| Film Editor | Paul Borofsky |
| Set Decorator | George Montgomery |
| Musical Supervisor | Paul Mertz |
| Musical Director | Mischa Bakaleinikoff |
