Gaucho Serenade (1940)
Gene Autry and sidekick Frog Millhouse depart Madison Square Garden and NYC heading west for home in their car and a horse trailer carrying Gene's horse, Champion. They discover that Ronnie Willoughby, a young boy just off the boat from school in England, has hitched a ride, thinking that Gene and Frog were sent by his father to meet him. Ronnie thinks his father is a big rancher in the west and doesn't know that his father, Alfred Willoughby, is serving time in San Quentin prison because of a frame-up by the officials of a packing company. To keep the father from testifying against them, the packing company officials, Carter, Jenkins and Martin, have arranged for the boy to be kidnapped. Along the way a runaway bride, Joyce Halloway, and her young sister Patsy join the troupe.
Director:
Frank McDonald
Writers:
Betty Burbridge, Bradford Ropes.
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Gene Autry as Gene Autry |
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Smiley Burnette as Frog Millhouse |
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June Storey as Joyce Halloway |
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Mary Lee as Patsy Halloway |
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Duncan Renaldo as Gaucho Don José |
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Clifford Severn as Ronnie Willoughby |
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Lester Matthews as Frederick Willoughby |
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Smith Ballew as Buck Benson |
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Joseph Crehan as Edward Martin |
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William Ruhl as Henchman Carter |
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Wade Boteler as Rancher |
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Ted Adams as E.J. Jenkins |
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Wendell Niles as Radio Announcer |
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Chuck Baldra as Rancher |
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Buck Bucko as Henchman |
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Fred Burns as Cowhand |
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Ed Cassidy as Customs Officer |
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Champion as Champ |
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Jim Corey as Henchman on Train |
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Kernan Cripps as Police Radioman |
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Joe Dominguez as Mexican Vaquero |
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José Eslava as Orchestra Leader |
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Joel Friedkin as Small Official |
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Olaf Hytten as Norton School Headmaster |
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Jack Kirk as Gas Station Attendant |
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George Lloyd as Steve |
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Tom London as Sheriff Tom Olson |
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Frankie Marvin as Gas Station Attendant #2 |
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Walter Miller as George Blake |
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Gene Morgan as Motorcycle Cop #2 |
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Julian Rivero as Mexican Rancher |
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Ralph Sanford as Motorcycle Cop |
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Harry Strang as Policeman |
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Al Taylor as Deputy |
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Fred 'Snowflake' Toones as New York City Pier Worker |
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Fred Velasco as Dancer |
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Mary Velasco as Dancer |
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Hank Worden as Farmer Driving Jalopy |
| Directing | Frank McDonald | Director |
| Writing | Betty Burbridge | Screenplay |
| Writing | Bradford Ropes | Screenplay |
