Action ·Drama ·Music ·Romance ·Western · United States of America · 1936 · 1h 11m

The Big Show

Director

Cast

Gene Autry as Gene Autry/Tom Ford Smiley Burnette as Frog Kay Hughes as Marion Hill Sally Payne as Toodles Brown William Newman as Lee Wilson Max Terhune as Ventriloquist

Crew

Dorrell McGowan — Writer Stuart E. McGowan — Writer

Tagline

A Roundup of action actually filmed at the Texas Centennial!

Synopsis

At the Texas Centennial in Dallas Autry confuses two girls by being himself and his own stunt double. When cowboy star Tom Ford disappears, Wilson gets his double Gene Autry to impersonate him. But Ford owes gangster Rico $10,000 and Rico arrives to collect. He fails to get the money but learns that Autry is an impersonator and now blackmails Wilson and his movie studio. Original version runs 71 minutes, edited version runs 59 minutes.

Mood & Themes

musical

Key Collaborators

Mack V. Wright Director Dorrell McGowan Writer Stuart E. McGowan Writer

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