Riders in the Sky (1949)
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- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 70 mins
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Riders in the Sky
Gene Autry enjoyed considerable success with his recording of Stan Jones' haunting "Riders in the Sky". He then parlayed this success into a film, which proved to be one of Autry's best postwar efforts. The basic plot concerns Autry's efforts to clear rancher Ralph Lawson (Steve Darrell) of a trumped-up murder charge. The trumper-upper, Rock McCleary, is played by Robert Livingston, a former cowboy star who turned to character roles late in his career. The heroine is played by Gloria Henry, ten years removed from her TV fame as Alice Mitchell in Dennis the Menace. The title song is imaginatively staged by director John English, with a ghostly Tom London riding hard and fast as a montage of moody images play across the screen. So effective was this vignette that Columbia included it in the coming-attractions trailer for Riders in the Sky. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Riders in the Sky:
Gloria Henry also in The Strawberry Roan
Pat Buttram also in Wagon Team , Texans Never Cry , Silver Canyon , The Old West , Mule Train , Indian Territory
Robert Livingston also in Prairie Pioneers , Ghost Town Gold , Mule Train , Don't Fence Me in , Dakota
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