Ridin' on a Rainbow

Ridin' on a Rainbow (1941)

NEW ADVENTURES ON OL' MAN RIVER WITH AMERICA'S ALL-TIME COWBOY KING!

When the showboat hits town, two men use the parade as a distraction to rob the bank. Their accomplice is Pop, the clown from the showboat. He leaves the money on the boat and tells his daughter Patsy to bring it to him at a later stop on the river. Gene's investigation of a bank robbery takes him to the showboat where he becomes a performer. Gene and Frog try to find the money while helping Patsy and her father.

Date of release
1941-01-24
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 19m
Genres
Western, Action
Director
Lew Landers

Casting

Interesting facts

Ridin' on a Rainbow is a 1941 American western musical film directed by Lew Landers and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette and Mary Lee. Written by Bradford Ropes and Doris Malloy, based on a story by Ropes, the film is about a singing cowboy whose investigation of a bank robbery takes him to a showboat, where he finds that a teenage singer's father has been working with the robbers to provide for her future. The film received an Academy Award nomination for best original song for "Be Honest with Me".

Production

Ridin' on a Rainbow was filmed November 26 to December 13, 1940. The film had an operating budget of $91,854 (equal to $2,110,897 today), and a negative cost of $88,767.

Bill Yrigoyen (Ralf Harolde's stunt double)

Bob Woodward (Anthony Warde's stunt double)

Morrison Ranch, Agoura Hills, California, USA

Lake Hemet, Riverside County, California, USA

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