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Home on the Prairie (1939)

Home on the Prairie (1939)
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Home on the Prairie finds Texas ranger Gene Autry trying to halt an anthrax epidemic. The villains are cattlemen Walter Miller and Gordon Hart, who've been knowingly transporting diseased cattle across the US-Mexico border. The bad guys try to pin the blame on female rancher June Storey, but Gene doesn't buy this subterfuge. Despite the unpleasantness of its storyline, Home on the Prairie is likeable entertainment, especially when Autry dismounts long enough to sing of couple of songs. Joining in on the tunefests are Gene's sidekick Smiley Burnette and a radio aggregation called the Rodeoliers. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Starring:
Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, (more)
Director(s):
Jack Townley
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Synopsis of Home on the Prairie

Home on the Prairie finds Texas ranger Gene Autry trying to halt an anthrax epidemic. The villains are cattlemen Walter Miller and Gordon Hart, who've been knowingly transporting diseased cattle across the US-Mexico border. The bad guys try to pin the blame on female rancher June Storey, but Gene doesn't buy this subterfuge. Despite the unpleasantness of its storyline, Home on the Prairie is likeable entertainment, especially when Autry dismounts long enough to sing of couple of songs. Joining in on the tunefests are Gene's sidekick Smiley Burnette and a radio aggregation called the Rodeoliers. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
60 mins

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Director(s):
Jack Townley
Writer(s):
Charles Arthur Powell, Paul Franklin
Producer(s):
Harry Grey
Categories:
Westerns
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    Rick J.

    i saw a promo picture years ago 1977 from my grand uncle. the band the rodeolers, where the sherven but also the johnsons. from minnisota, beniji / salsway area . who married in to the lindell family which had twin sister who sang for rudy valley. i know this due to the fact my grand uncle mention this. they where supposeto be all cousins one way or the other

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    Bruce B.

    First of all, the liner notes have it wrong. The infected herd has hoof and mouth disease, not anthrax. Autry may have another title that faces anthrax, but not this one. Once again, Autry, as populist authoritarian, exposes and subverts corporate greed. He dons a badge (it reads "Livestock Inspector," and looks like the Safety Patrol Badge I wore in the 5th grade.) He resigns when his honesty is challenged, but nevertheless solves the case, guns blazing. Autry once again blends time, setting the film in the present but swelling it with solutions and props from an imagined 1880s -- posses, shootouts and sixguns, and of course, Champion, The Wonder Horse. Songs include a Spike Jones-like version of "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain."

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