When he was a young man, Gene received an offer from a professional baseball team to become a player. Gene turned down the offer because it would have meant a fifty-dollar-a-month pay cut from his telegrapher's job.

Film Info

Apache Country

1952
Columbia Pictures
Production #: 8072
63 minutes

Synopsis:
Cavalry scouts Gene Autry and Pat Buttram are ordered by the President to break up a frontier ring which uses Indian raids to cover up its bandit activities. Carolina Cotton assists Gene and Pat, while also seeking revenge against the gang leader, Dave Kilrain, who murdered her father.

Cast:

Character:	Performer:
Gene Autry	Gene Autry
Pat Buttram	Pat Buttram
Carolina Cotton	Carolina Cotton
Dave Kilrain	Harry Lauter
Laura Rayburn	Mary Scott
Walter Rayburn	Sydney Mason
Commissioner Latham	Francis X. Bushman
Cass County Boys	Cass County Boys
Tony Whitecloud's Jemez Indians	Tony Whitecloud's Jemez Indians
Champion	Champion, World's Wonder Horse

Songs:

THE COVERED WAGON ROLLED RIGHT ALONG	Gene Autry, Carolina Cotton, Pat Buttram
INDIAN WAR DANCE	Tony Whitecloud's Jemez Indians
I LOVE TO YODEL	Carolina Cotton, Cass County Boys
COLD, COLD HEART	Gene Autry
INDIAN EAGLE DANCE	Tony Whitecloud's Jemez Indians
CRIME WILL NEVER PAY	Gene Autry, Carolina Cotton, Cass County Boys
INDIAN BUFFALO DANCE	Tony Whitecloud's Jemez Indians

Crew:

A Gene Autry Production
Director	George Archainbaud
Producer	Armand Schaefer
Writer	Norman S. Hall
Director of Photography	William Bradford, A.S.C.
Art Director	Charles Clague
Film Editor	James Sweeney, A.C.E.
Set Decorator	Frank Tuttle
Musical Supervisor	Paul Mertz
Musical Director	Mischa Bakaleinikoff

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