Public Cowboy No. 1

Public Cowboy No. 1 (1937)

YOU'RE HEADED FOR BIG THRILLS WHEN YOU RIDE WITH GENE AND SING HIS STIRRING SONGS OF THE SADDLE!

Deputies Gene Autry and Frog go up against modern cattle rustlers. These rustlers use technology such as, airplanes, radios and refrigerated trucks to steal the cows, butcher them in the field and ship them out before getting caught. This causes the town to bring in a modern NYC detective to catch the crooks, but will Autry and Frog be permanently out of a job?

Date of release
1937-06-11
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (5)
Runtime
54m
Genres
Western
Director
Joseph Kane

Casting

Interesting facts

Public Cowboy No. 1 is a 1937 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Ann Rutherford. Based on a story by Bernard McConville, the film is about a singing cowboy who chases down rustlers who are using airplanes, shortwave radios, and refrigerated trucks to steal cattle.

Production

"Wanderers" (Felix Bernard, Paul Francis Webster) by Gene Autry, William Farnum, and others

"The West Ain't What It Used to Be" (Fleming Allen) by Gene Autry (vocal) and Smiley Burnette (harmonica)

"I Got the Heebie-Jeebie Blues" (Smiley Burnette) by Smiley Burnette (vocal and guitar)

"I Picked Up the Trail When I Found You" (Fleming Allen) by Gene Autry (vocal and guitar)

"The Defective Detective from Brooklyn" (Smiley Burnette) by Smiley Burnette on the radio

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