Beautifully restored to its original theatrical length of 84 minutes by the Gene Autry Foundation, Melody Ranch is a bright, tuneful, and at times quite action-packed piece of B-Western extravaganza, Republic style. The victim of both a drop in ratings and a tardy leading lady, radio star Gene Autry is only too happy to oblige when old friend Pop Laramie (George "Gabby" Hayes) proposes that he return to his hometown of Torpedo as honorary sheriff during the upcoming Frontier Day celebration.
One of the better Autry "Westerns." If you've never seen one of these it's sort of like HR Puppenstuff for the 1940's Western kiddie crowd. If Autry didn't do drugs his writers certainly did as there is usually some bizarre angle in his films. In this case Gabby Hays Street car which for some odd reason has about
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