Bells of Capistrano (1942)

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In his final film before entering war service, Gene Autry joins the World Wide Wild West Show, a faltering enterprise about to be taken over by the more powerful Johnson Bros. Rodeo, and his success as the Singing Bronco Buster allows the show to open at San Capistrano instead of the rival outfit.… More In his final film before entering war service, Gene Autry joins the World Wide Wild West Show, a faltering enterprise about to be taken over by the more powerful Johnson Bros. Rodeo, and his success as the Singing Bronco Buster allows the show to open at San Capistrano instead of the rival outfit. Stag Johnson (Morgan Conway), who is sweet on World Wide's owner Jennifer Benton (Virginia Grey), is inclined to leave things as they are but brother Jed (Tristram Coffin) and jealous show girl Jackie Laval (Marla Shelton) do what they can to sabotage the competition, including forcing Mom (Claire DuBrey) and Pop McCracken (Lucien Littlefield), Jennifer's foster-parents, off the road. Gene at first blames himself for all the troubles but then joins sidekicks Frog Millhouse (Smiley Burnette) and Tadpole (Joe Stracuh, Jr.) in battling the increasingly desperate Johnson brothers. When not rescuing the heroine from runaway buckboards and other such Wild West shenanigans, Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Joe Strauch, Jr. and company perform "In Old Capistrano", "At Sundown", "Forgive Me", "Don't Bite the Hand That's Feeding You", and "Fort Worth Jail". According to some reports, Bells of Capistrano), which was produced on an impressive budget of $500,000, employed two camera crews in order to finish principal photography prior to Autry's induction into the Army Air Force. Gene Autry Entertainment restored the film to its original length in 2001. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 18 min.
Directed By: William Morgan
Genres: Western

On DVD: Mar 2, 1999

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Cast

            Gene Autry as Gene

            Smiley Burnette as Frog Millhouse

            Virginia Grey as Jennifer Benton

            Lucien Littlefield as Pa McCracker

            Morgan Conway as Stag Johnson

            Claire Du Brey as Ma McCracken

            Charles Cane as Tex

            Joe Strauch Jr. as Tadpole Millhouse

            Marla Shelton as Jackie Laval

            Tristram Coffin as Jed Johnson

            Eddie Acuff as Sign Poster

            Al Bridge as Jake

            Champion as Himself

            Ken Christy as Deputy

            William Forrest as Durgan

            Howard Hickman as Doctor

            William A. Kellogg as Henchman

            Frankie Marvin as Rodeo hand

            Joe McGuinn as Roustabout

            Jay Novello as Jenkins

            Jack O'Shea as Rodeo hand

            Ralph Peters as Deputy

            Julian Rivero as Fiesta manager

            Guy Usher as Sheriff

            Dick Wessel as Sign poster

            William Telaak as Milkman

            Chick Hannon as Bar guest

            Ray Jones IV as Rodeo hand

            Ed Jauregui as Brady

            Peggy Satterlee as Grand marshal
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