Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm

Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm (1937)

ROMANCE AND EXCITEMENT...DOWN MEXICO WAY!

Gene and Frog, out to stop a bunch of cattle rustlers, assume the identities of what they believe to be dead bandits, which soon gets them in big trouble.

Date of release
1937-05-12
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 5m
Genres
Western
Director
Mack V. Wright

Casting

Interesting facts

Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm is a 1937 American Western film directed by Mack V. Wright and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Armida. Based on a story by Johnston McCulley, the film is about two cowboys who assume the identities of dead outlaws in order to stop a bunch of cattle rustlers, later discovering that the outlaws are far from dead.

Production

Mexican-born actress Armida was paid significantly more than Autry's past female co-stars, $750, for her appearance in Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm. According to Autry, she helped him to sing Spanish lyrics to film songs.

Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm was filmed March 10–20, 1937. The film had an operating budget of $23,500 (equal to $526,302 today), and a negative cost of $33,034.

Buck Spencer (Smiley Burnette's stunt double)

Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

"The Old Home Place" (Fleming Allen, Jack Natteford) by Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Hal Taliaferro, Al Clauser and His Oklahoma Outlaws and guests at the party

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