Riders in the Sky (1949)
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Gene Autry enjoyed considerable success with his recording of Stan Jones' haunting "Riders in the Sky". He then parlayed this success into a film, which proved to be one of Autry's best postwar efforts. The basic plot concerns Autry's efforts to clear rancher Ralph Lawson… More Gene Autry enjoyed considerable success with his recording of Stan Jones' haunting "Riders in the Sky". He then parlayed this success into a film, which proved to be one of Autry's best postwar efforts. The basic plot concerns Autry's efforts to clear rancher Ralph Lawson (Steve Darrell) of a trumped-up murder charge. The trumper-upper, Rock McCleary, is played by Robert Livingston, a former cowboy star who turned to character roles late in his career. The heroine is played by Gloria Henry, ten years removed from her TV fame as Alice Mitchell in Dennis the Menace. The title song is imaginatively staged by director John English, with a ghostly Tom London riding hard and fast as a montage of moody images play across the screen. So effective was this vignette that Columbia included it in the coming-attractions trailer for Riders in the Sky. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- John English
- Genres
- Western, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Nov 29, 1949 Wide
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Cast
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Gene Autry
as Himself
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Gloria Henry
as Ann Lawson
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Pat Buttram
as Chuckwalla Jones
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Mary Beth Hughes
as Julie Steward
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Robert Livingston
as Rock McCleary
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Steven Darrell
as Ralph Lawson
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Alan Hale Jr.
as Marshal Riggs
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Tom London
as Old Man Roberts
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Hank Patterson
as Luke
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Ben Welden
as Dave
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Dennis Moore
as Bud Dwyer
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Joe Forte
as Willard Agnew
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Kenne Duncan
as Travis
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Frank Jaquet
as Coroner
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Roy Gordon
as J.B. Balloway
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Lois Bridge
as Widow Cathart
- Lynton Brent
- Kermit Maynard
- Art Mix
- Pat O'Malley
- Bud Osborne
- John Parrish
- Sandy Sanders
- Boyd Stockman
- Isabel Withers
- Denver Dixon
- Champion Jr.
- Robert Walker
- Robert Walker (II)
