Television
The Gene Autry Show
The Old Prospector
Flying A Pictures
Season 3, Episode 4 (3-04)
Production #59
Network: CBS
Running Time: 30 minutes
Black and White
Original Air Date:
Tuesday, August 4, 1953
Sponsor: Wrigley's Doublemint Chewing Gum
Brief Synopsis:
Gene saves a prospector from a gang of outlaws who believe the old man has found a gold mine.
Detailed Synopsis:
Gene Autry and Pat Buttram arrive in the town of Jasper just in time to prevent Les Wayland and Bill Daly from beating up Hard Luck Finny, a desert rat. Les and Bill claim that the old prospector took their money for a grubstake and disappeared. Finny is a harmless old man using fake maps and a gold nugget as evidence of a phony mine to secure money. Gene tries to get him a job with a mine-owner friend, but Finny is kidnapped. The heavies force him to take them to the mine he claims he found. Fortunately, Finny leaves a paper trail for Gene and Pat to follow. They rescue the old man, only to have the sheriff arrest him for swindling. The heavies break Finny out of jail and force him again to lead them to the non-existent mine. Once more, Pat and Gene come to the rescue and this time, the heavies are apprehended, and Hard Luck Finny sincerely promises to turn over a new leaf.
Cast:
| Character: | Performer: |
| Gene Autry | Gene Autry |
| Pat Buttram | Pat Buttram |
| Les Wayland | Myron Healey |
| John Grimshaw | Lyle Talbot |
| Bill Daly | Terry Frost |
| Sheriff | Ewing Mitchell |
| Hard Luck Finny | Bernard Szold |
| Deputy | Sandy Sanders |
| Champion | Champion, World's Wonder Horse |
Songs:
| I'm a Cow-Poke Pokin' Along | Gene Autry |
Crew:
| Executive in charge of Production |
Armand Schaefer |
| Directed by | George Archainbaud |
| Producer | Louis Gray |
| Screenplay | Milton J. Raison |
| 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 | Stanley Neufeld |
| Recorded By | Glen Glenn Sound Company |
