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Heart of the Rio Grande is a american film of genre Comedy directed by William Morgan released in USA on 11 march 1942 with Gene Autry
Heart of the Rio Grande (1942)
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Add to a movie listHeart of the Rio Grande is a 1942 American Western film directed by William Morgan and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Fay McKenzie, and Edith Fellows. Based on a story by Newlin B. Wildes, the film is about a singing cowboy and dude ranch foreman who helps a spoiled teenager and her business tycoon father discover what is most important in life. The film features the songs "Let Me Ride Down in Rocky Canyon", "Deep in the Heart of Texas", "Dusk on the Painted Desert", and "Rainbow In the Night" performed by Edith Fellows.
^ Magers 2007, p. 206.
^ "Heart of the Rio Grande". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
^ Magers 2007, pp. 205–206.
Synopsis
Spoiled teenager Connie Lane (Edith Fellows) has no desire to join her classmates on a two-month vacation at the Smoke River Dude Ranch. Even her caring teacher, Alice Bennett (Fay McKenzie), is unable to persuade her. Connie runs off to her father, business tycoon Randolph Lane (Pierre Watkin), and pleads with him not to send her away. Preoccupied with business matters and too busy to notice how spoiled his daughter has become, Lane dismisses her and sends her away to spend the summer with her classmates at the ranch.Actors
Gene Autry
(Gene Autry)
Smiley Burnette
(Frog Millhouse)
Fay McKenzie
(Alice Bennett)
Edith Fellows
(Connie Lane)
Pierre Watkin
(Randolph Lane)
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