Colorado Sunset (1939)

Director:

George Sherman

Writers:

Luci Ward (story) &
Jack Natteford (story) ...

Release Date:

31 July 1939 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

Gene and his buddies discover that the ranch they bought is really a dairy farm. And worse, it's subject...

Plot Keywords:

Chase | Band | Fight | Trap | Dairy Farm

Cast

Gene Autry	...	Gene Autry
Smiley Burnette	...	Frog Millhouse
June Storey	...	Carol Haines
Barbara Pepper	...	Ginger Bixby
Buster Crabbe	...	Dave Haines (as Larry "Buster" Crabbe)
Robert Barrat	...	Dr. Rodney Blair
Patsy Montana	...	Patsy
The Texas Rangers	...	Musicians (as The CBS-KMBC Texas Rangers)
Purnell Pratt	...	Mr. Hall
William Farnum	...	Sheriff George Glenn
Kermit Maynard	...	Cyrus Drake
Jack Ingram	...	Henchman Clanton
Elmo Lincoln	...	Dairyman Burns
Frankie Marvin	...	Ranch Hand

Runtime:

65 min (2001 restored version) | USA:53 min (edited version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA High Fidelity Recording)

Certification:

USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-PG (TV rating) | USA:Approved (PCA #5454)

Filming Locations:

Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA

Company:

Republic Pictures (I)

Trivia:

The song, "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere," was sung at the 1901 funeral of the assassinated President William McKinley, because it was his favorite song.

Soundtrack:

I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart

Gene Autry fans should enjoy it.

A typical pre-World War II Gene Autry film, filled with lots of music, action and good production values. Republic Pictures was willing to spend extra here -- well above the average for a B-Western -- because Autry's films were always profit makers. In fact, Gene Autry was one of the most popular film stars of the late 1930's. Here too is the usual anachronistic mixture of horses and old western towns populated with trucks, motor cars -- even a radio station. Some will see this as ridiculous; personally, I find it rather charming. This well directed film featured a very exciting chase scene done with a polish that many big budget action films failed to achieve.