Television
The Gene Autry Show
Killer's Trail
Flying A Pictures
Season 2, Episode 4 (2-04)
Production #35
Network: CBS
Running Time: 30 minutes
Black and White
Original Air Date:
Saturday, October 27, 1951
Sponsor: Wrigley's Doublemint Chewing Gum
Brief Synopsis:
Gene and Pat discover the true identity of the outlaw called El Avengador when they rescue a girl being pursued by three men.
Detailed Synopsis:
On the way to Granger, Gene Autry and Pat Buttram rescue a girl being pursued by three men. She takes them to a protected valley, but is evasive, only giving her name as Tonia Castelar. Later in town, Gene and Pat discuss the reward for the capture of the outlaw El Avengador. They again meet Tonia's three pursuers and engage in a fight. The sheriff arrests Gene and Pat for the fight and learns that Gene is after El Avengador. Frank Blake, the tax collector, asks them to guard the stagecoach the next morning, but Gene is suspicious of him and refuses. Gene sends Pat back to the valley with Tonia and the gang, while he and the sheriff trail the coach. It is attacked and Blake killed. Gene sends the sheriff back for a posse and heads for the secret valley. Plotting to capture El Avengador, he learns that the bandit chief is Tonia Castelar. Pat is sympathetic towards Tonia and argues against Gene arresting her. This conversation is overheard, and they are both captured. Tonia agrees to let them go just as Wade Morgan and his men attack. The timely arrival of the sheriff and his posse turns the tied of battle and the heavies are captured or killed. Morgan is proved to be behind the scheme to get Tonia, and a government pardon is promised to the girl outlaw and her followers.
Cast:
| Character: | Performer: |
| Gene Autry | Gene Autry |
| Pat Buttram | Pat Buttram |
| Tonia Castelar | Donna Martell |
| Wade Morgan | James Craven |
| Sheriff Jim Kent | Ewing Mitchell |
| Mike | Riley Hill |
| Hank | Gregg Barton |
| Felipe Mendoza | Francis McDonald |
| Frank Blake | Denver Pyle |
| Jed | Tom Monroe |
| Champion | Champion, World's Wonder Horse |
Songs:
| Under Fiesta Stars | Gene Autry |
Crew:
| Executive in charge of Production |
Armand Schaefer |
| Directed by | George Archainbaud |
| Producer | Louis Gray |
| Screenplay | Oliver Drake |
| Director of Photography | William Bradford, A.S.C. |
| Film Editor | Jodie Copelan |
| Musical Director | Carl Cotner |
| Music Supervisor | Irving Friedman |
| Musical Score | Walter Greene |
| Assistant Director | Nate Barragar |
| Recorded by | Glen Glenn Sound Company |
