Singing on the Trail

Singing on the Trail (1946)

A WALLOP-ALOOZA OF AN ACTION MUSICAL!

In this Western, Ken Curtis, Columbia Pictures' low-budget answer to Gene Autry, romanced one of the studio's most beautiful starlets, Rita Hayworth-lookalike Dusty Anderson. She played Helen Wyatt, whose father (the rotund Guy Kibbee) loses his ranch to the hayseed singing group the Hoosier Hot Shots. Unbeknownst to Wyatt, the Hot Shots have been swindled by a couple of Eastern crooks (Ian Keith and Matt Willis) and consider themselves the lawful owners. Chased by the irascible Wyatt, the band members seek protection from aspiring singer Curt Stanton (Curtis), who they mistake for a gunslinger.

Date of release
1946-09-01
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 0m
Genres
Music, Western
Director
Ray Nazarro

Casting

Interesting facts

Singing on the Trail is a 1946 American Western film directed by Ray Nazarro and written by J. Benton Cheney. The film stars The Hoosier Hot Shots and features Ken Curtis, Jeff Donnell, Guy Kibbee, Dusty Anderson, and Guinn "Big Boy" Williams. The film was released on September 2, 1946, by Columbia Pictures.

Production

The Hoosier Hot Shots were a popular "rural rhythm" quartet, featured on the NBC network radio show The National Barn Dance. In April 1944 Columbia signed them to a movie contract to star in their own series of musical westerns. Although the band stopped making pictures for Columbia in 1948, the studio kept the Hot Shots features in circulation.

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