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Ridin' on a Rainbow is a american film of genre Action directed by Lew Landers released in USA on 24 january 1941 with Gene Autry
Ridin' on a Rainbow (1941)
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Add to a movie listRidin' on a Rainbow is a 1941 American Western musical film directed by Lew Landers and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Mary Lee. Based on a story by Bradford 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" (Gene Autry, Fred Rose).
^ Magers 2007, p. 180.
^ "Ridin' on a Rainbow". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
^ "Awards for Ridin' on a Rainbow". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
Synopsis
Singing cowboy and rancher Gene Autry (Gene Autry) arrives in the town of Riverton and helps his fellow cattlemen sell their herds for the first profit they've seen in four years. Gene convinces the cattlemen to deposit their money into Eben Carter's bank for safekeeping before going out to watch the parade. Captain 'Lijah Bartlett (Ferris Taylor) has just arrived on the riverboat Jolly Betsy with its troupe of entertainers who are now parading through town. While the townspeople are distracted, Matt Evans (Byron Foulger), a washed-up dancer looking to provide for his young daughter Patsy (Mary Lee), reluctantly assists Blake and Morrison rob the bank. Evans is shocked when they gun down Carter, but still agrees when the men order him to bring the money to them in nearby Colesburg.Actors
Gene Autry
(Gene Autry)
Smiley Burnette
(Frog)
Anthony Warde
(Scoop Morrison, Bank Robber)
Mary Lee
(Patsy Evans)
Guy Usher
(Sheriff Jim Mason)
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