Television
The Gene Autry Show
Ghost Mountain
Flying A Pictures
Season 3, Episode 3 (3-03)
Production #60
Network: CBS
Running Time: 30 minutes
Black and White
Original Air Date:
Tuesday, July 28, 1953
Sponsor: Wrigley's Doublemint Chewing Gum
Brief Synopsis:
Gene finds himself battling some very lifelike ghosts when he gets involved with an archaeologist and a clever outlaw.
Detailed Synopsis:
Pat Buttram feels uneasy accompanying Gene Autry into Indian territory that is heavy with ghostly legend and superstition and is petrified when he sees one of the supposed Spanish ghosts in armor. They find an isolated shack occupied by archaeologist Professor Donald Markham and his thirteen-year-old sister Wilma, who has also seen ghosts. Markham is interested in gathering the ancient armor that's rumored to be hidden somewhere in the territory. Clever outlaw Brief Williams and his gang have cashed in on the old legend by using arrows and armor discovered in their hideout to hold up banks and rob payrolls. Finding Gene on their trail, they use the same scare campaign, but it doesn't work. During a hand-to-hand battle, Gene takes a complete set of the armor from one of the bandits. In a clever ruse, Pat wears the armor, Markham provides the Spanish-speaking voice, and together they pretend to be one of the ghosts. The outlaws are thrown off guard long enough for Gene, Pat, and the professor to round up the renegades and to free Wilma, who had unexpectedly wandered into the outlaw camp.
Cast:
| Character: | Performer: |
| Gene Autry | Gene Autry |
| Pat Buttram | Pat Buttram |
| Wilma Markham | Eileen Janssen |
| Slim Edwards | Clayton Moore |
| Brief Williams | John Doucette |
| Professor Donald Markham | Ross Ford |
| Powder Kelly | Sandy Sanders |
| Rush Norton | Ewing Brown |
| Champion | Champion, World's Wonder Horse |
Songs:
| I'll Go Ridin' Down That Old Texas Trail |
Gene Autry |
| If You'll Let Me Be Your Little Sweetheart |
Gene Autry |
Crew:
| Executive in charge of Production |
Armand Schaefer |
| Directed by | George Archainbaud |
| Producer | Louis Gray |
| Screenplay | Dwight Cummins |
| Director of Photography | William Bradford, A.S.C. |
| Film Editor | Jack Wheeler |
| Musical Director | Carl Cotner |
| Music Supervisor | Irving Friedman |
| Musical Score | Walter Greene |
| Assistant Director | Gilbert Kay |
| Recorded by | Glen Glenn Sound Company |
