The Official Website of Gene Autry, America's Favorite Singing Cowboy

Fun Autry Fact:

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

Sioux City Sue

1946
Republic Pictures
Production #: 1603
68 minutes

Synopsis:
A Hollywood talent scout searching for a cowboy singer to do the voice for a cartoon character happens upon Gene Autry, who reluctantly takes the job in order to meet payments on his ranch. He is not told, however, that he is to be the voice of an animated donkey!

Cast:

Character: Performer:
Gene Autry Gene Autry
Sue Warner Lynne Roberts
Nelson Blye Sterling Holloway
Jefferson Lang Richard Lane
Big Gulliver Ralph Sanford
Jody Ken Lundy
Miss Price Helen Wallace
G.W. Rhodes Pierre Watkin
Cass County Boys Cass County Boys
Champion Champion, Wonder Horse of the West

Songs:

SIOUX CITY SUE Studio Singers
OKLAHOMA HILLS Gene Autry
GREAT GRAND DAD Cass County Boys, Extras
SOMEDAY YOU'LL WANT ME TO WANT YOU Gene Autry, Ken Lundy
RED RIVER VALLEY Ralph Sanford
SOMEDAY YOU'LL WANT ME TO WANT YOU Gene Autry, Ken Lundy
SOMEDAY YOU'LL WANT ME TO WANT YOU Gene Autry
SIOUX CITY SUE Gene Autry, Cass County Boys
OLD CHISHOLM TRAIL Gene Autry
RIDIN' DOUBLE Gene Autry
YOURS Gene Autry, Cass County Boys
SIOUX CITY SUE Gene Autry, Cass County Boys

Crew:

Director Frank McDonald
Associate Producer Armand Schaefer
Original Screenplay Olive Cooper
Photography Reggie Lanning
Musical Director Morton Scott
Music Score Dale Butts
Film Editor Fred Allen
Sound Richard Tyler
Art Director Gano Chittenden
Costume Supervision Adele Palmer
Set Decorations John McCarthy, Jr., George Milo
Special Effects Howard and Theodore Lydecker

Watch a Clip from Sioux City Sue: