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Springtime in the Rockies is a american film of genre Drama directed by Joseph Kane released in USA on 13 november 1937 with Gene Autry
Springtime in the Rockies (1937)
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Add to a movie listSpringtime in the Rockies is a 1937 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Polly Rowles. Written by Gilbert Wright and Betty Burbridge, the film is about a beautiful young ranch owner who brings a flock of sheep into cattle country and faces the opposition of local ranchers with the help of her ranch foreman.
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Gene Autry (Gene Autry), the Knight Ranch foreman, learns that a neighboring rancher Jed Thorpe (Edward Hearn) is bringing sheep into the area. Gene rushes to Thorpe's ranch, concerned that a hot-headed cattle rancher named Thad Morgan (George Chesebro) may try to kill Thorpe. Morgan was once ruined financially by sheep ranching. Gene is able to stop Thorpe from bringing in the sheep, and Thorpe agrees to send the sheep back.Actors
Gene Autry
(Gene Autry)
Smiley Burnette
(Frog Millhouse)
George Chesebro
(Thad Morgan)
Edward Hearn
(Jed Thorpe)
Al Bridge
(Briggs)
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