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Six Gun Romeo

Flying A Pictures
Season 2, Episode 24 (2-24)
Production #49
Network: CBS
Running Time: 30 minutes
Black and White

Original Air Date:
Sunday, March 16, 1952

Sponsor: Wrigley's Doublemint Chewing Gum

Brief Synopsis:

Gene tangles with Pat's mail-order sweetheart and a gold thief.

Detailed Synopsis:

Unbeknownst to Gene Autry, Pat Buttram has been corresponding with a mail-order sweetheart, Adele Tompkins, and has sent her Gene's picture as his own. Gene insists on going with Pat to pick up Adele at the stage line, and they are just in time to foil a holdup. Adele, however, thinking Gene is her man, latches onto him. Gene tries to get her off his neck because Pat wants her on his. Meanwhile, Jan Carter, one of the stagecoach passengers, gets in touch with outlaw leader Bryant Morgan and they arrange a bank holdup. Everything goes according to plan and just as Morgan is about to abscond with the gold, Jan and Gene arrive to reveal it was all a plot to trap him. Not only is Morgan a thief, but he also murdered Jan's brother. After a spectacular chase, Gene saves Adele from a runaway wagon while Pat is thrown from his horse. Adele, feeling sorry for him, nurses Pat back to health and decides she prefers him after all, much to Gene's relief.


Cast:

Character: Performer:
Gene Autry Gene Autry
Pat Buttram Pat Buttram
Jan Carter Elaine Riley
Adele Tompkins Mary Treen
Bryant Morgan Richard Travis
Sheriff Pierre Watkin
Joe Bob Bice
Biff Kermit Maynard
Champion Champion, World's
Wonder Horse

Songs:

I'm Beginning to Care Gene Autry

Crew:

Executive in charge
of Production
Armand Schaefer
Directed by George Blair
Producer Louis Gray
Screenplay Polly James
Director of Photography William Bradford, A.S.C.
Film Editor Anthony Wollner
Musical Director Carl Cotner
Music Supervisor Irving Friedman
Musical Score Walter Greene
Assistant Director Nathan Barragar
Recorded by Glen Glenn Sound Company

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