Gaucho Serenade
6.4
“It's Gene at his best ! Singing, riding, fighting his way into great new adventure !”
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.
Cast
39 people
Gene Autry
Gene Autry
Also in
Oh, Susanna
Melody Ranch
Ralph Bucko
Henchman
Smiley Burnette
Frog Millhouse
Also in
Petticoat Junction
The Kids in the Shoe
June Storey
Joyce Halloway
Known for
Cry of the City
Mary Lee
Patsy Halloway
Also in
Nancy Drew... Reporter
Barnyard Follies
Duncan Renaldo
Gaucho Don José
Known for
For Whom the Bell Tolls
The Fighting Seabees
Clifford Severn
Ronnie Willoughby
Also in
Atlantic Convoy
Quality Street
Lester Matthews
Frederick Willoughby
Known for
The Raven
Werewolf of London
Smith Ballew
Buck Benson
Also in
Rawhide
Roll Along, Cowboy
Joseph Crehan
Edward Martin
Known for
The Roaring Twenties
Phantom Lady
William Ruhl
Henchman Carter
Also in
Impact
Black Friday
Wade Boteler
Rancher
Also in
The Mandarin Mystery
Bird of Paradise
Frank McDonald Director · Bradford Ropes Screenplay Betty Burbridge Screenplay
Budget $78K · United States release May 9, 1940 · Produced in United States
Box office
Budget
$77,885
Production
Republic Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
Canada · May 9, 1940
Theatrical
United States · May 9, 1940
Theatrical
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