The Singing Cowboy (1936)
Battling a murder mob...burning up airwaves...with your ace saddle star!
A rodeo singer funds a little girl's operation with a show, on television.
- Date of release
- 1936-05-11
- TMDB
- 4.5 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 56m
- Genres
- Western
- Director
- Mack V. Wright
Casting
- Gene Autry — Gene Autry
- Smiley Burnette — Frog Millhouse
- Lois Wilde — Helen Blake
- Lon Chaney Jr. — Martin
- Champion — Gene's Horse
- Ann Gillis — Lou Ann Stevens
- John Van Pelt — Steve Stevens
- Earl Eby — Herbert Trenton
- Jack Rockwell — Sheriff
- Earle Hodgins — Henry Blake
Interesting facts
The Singing Cowboy is a 1936 American Western film directed by Mack V. Wright and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Lois Wilde and Lon Chaney Jr. Based on a story by Tom Gibson, the film is about a cowboy who decides to sing on television in order to raise money for the orphaned daughter of his former boss who was murdered.
Production
Brandeis Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, US
Iverson Ranch, 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, US
"There's an Empty Cot in the Bunkhouse Tonight" (Gene Autry) by Gene Autry and cowhands
"Ya Hoo" by Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Art Davis, Frankie Marvin, Jack Kirk, Wes Warner, and other cowhands
"We're on the Air" (Tibor Bencze) by the cowhands
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