The Big Show
5.7
“A Roundup of action actually filmed at the Texas Centennial!”
At the Texas Centennial in Dallas Autry confuses two girls by being himself and his own stunt double. When cowboy star Tom Ford disappears, Wilson gets his double Gene Autry to impersonate him. But Ford owes gangster Rico $10,000 and Rico arrives to collect. He fails to get the money but learns that Autry is an impersonator and now blackmails Wilson and his movie studio. Original version runs 71 minutes, edited version runs 59 minutes.
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Gene Autry
Gene Autry/Tom Ford
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Melody Ranch
Smiley Burnette
Frog
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Petticoat Junction
Oh, Susanna
Kay Hughes
Marion Hill
Also in
Dick Tracy
A Man Betrayed
Sally Payne
Toodles Brown
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Rodeo Dough
Hollywood Hobbies
William Newell
Lee Wilson
Known for
Last Train from Gun Hill
Libeled Lady
Max Terhune
Ventriloquist
Also in
Santa Fe Stampede
Boot Hill Bandits
Elmer
Ventriloquist's Dummy
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Fugitive Valley
Three Texas Steers
Charles Judels
Swartz - Studio Head
Known for
Swiss Miss
San Francisco
Champion
Champion - Studio Horse
Also in
The Gene Autry Show
The Adventures of Champion
Rex King
Fred Collins
Mary Russell
Mary
Also in
The Silver Trail
The Riders of the Whistling Skull
Bob Nolan
Sons of the Pioneers member
Also in
Sunset Serenade
Man from Music Mountain
Mack V. Wright Director · Dorrell McGowan Writer Stuart E. McGowan Writer
United States release November 16, 1936 · Produced in United States
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · November 16, 1936
Theatrical
United States · November 16, 1936
Theatrical
France
November 16, 1936 · Theatrical
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