Riders in the Sky

1949

Riders in the Sky

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Release date: Nov 29, 1949

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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, Rovi

Cast

Gene Autry
as Gene
Gloria Henry
as Ann Lawson
Pat Buttram
as Chuckwalla Jones
Mary Beth Hughes
as Julie Steward
Robert Livingston
as Rock McCleary
Steve Darrell
as Ralph Lawson
Alan Hale Jr.
as Marshal Riggs
Tom London
as Old Man Roberts
Hank Patterson
as Luke
Ben Welden
as Dave
Dennis Moore
as Bud Dwyer
Joe Forte
as Willard Agnew
Kenne Duncan
as Travis
Frank Jaquet
as Coroner
Roy Gordon
as J.B. Balloway
Lois Bridge
as Widow Cathart
Champion Jr.
Boyd Stockman
as Guard with Rifle
Vernon Johns
as Juror
Pat O'Malley
as Juror
John Parrish
as Sam Devlin
Kermit Maynard
as Townsman
Bud Osborne
as Juror
Lynton Brent
as Townsman
Isabel Withers
as Galloway's Secretary
Sandy Sanders
as Sandy
Art Mix
Denver Dixon
Robert Walker
as Townsman
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