Television
The Gene Autry Show

Feuding Friends

Flying A Pictures
Season 5, Episode 9 (5-09)
Production #89
Network: CBS
Running Time: 30 minutes
Color

Original Air Date:
Saturday, November 26, 1955

Sponsor: Wrigley's Doublemint Chewing Gum

Brief Synopsis:

In a plot to uncover a counterfeiting ring, Gene and Pat pretend to be bitter enemies.

Detailed Synopsis:

A counterfeiting gang, operating in Red Canyon, distributes spurious banknotes through one of its members, the local bank teller. Short-term visitors to town put their money in the bank for safekeeping; when they draw it out, the teller gives them excellent counterfeit bills instead. George Elkhart, owner of the Red Canyon hotel, is the head of the gang. Due to attempted stagecoach holdups (perpetrated deliberately by Elkhart’s men to scare incoming visitors), Elkhart has no difficulty convincing frightened newcomers that the bank is the best place for their cash. Enlisted by a Washington Federal agent to track down the counterfeiters, Gene Autry and Pat Buttram pretend to have ended their friendship and become enemies. When Gene gets too close to the counterfeiters for Elkhart’s comfort, Elkhart tries to have Gene assassinated. Failing in this, he makes a desperate move, hiring Gene’s new enemy, Pat Buttram, to do the job. Elkhart has unwittingly exposed himself, but to get the necessary evidence to connect him with the gang hiding in the hills, Gene sets a trap, bringing both Elkhart and the mob to justice.

Cast:

Character:	Performer:
Gene Autry	Gene Autry
Pat Buttram	Pat Buttram
George Elkhart	Arthur Space
Gil Storey	Myron Healey
Bill Grenner	Sydney Mason
Morrison	Richard Avonde
John Teal	Dennis Moore
Small Boy	Brad Morrow
Passenger Agent	Reed Howes
Champion	Champion, World's Wonder Horse

Songs:

Crime Will Never Pay

Gene Autry

Crew:

Executive in charge of Production	Armand Schaefer
Directed by	George Archainbaud
Teleplay by	Robert Blane
Producer	Louis Gray
Supervising Film Editor	Anthony Wollner
Director of Photography	William Bradford, A.S.C.
Film Editor	Bruce B. Pierce, A.C.E.
Musical Director	Carl Cotner
Music Supervisor	Irving Friedman
Musical Score	Walter Greene
Music Editor	Erma E. Levin
Sound Editor	Harold E. Wooley
Assistant Director	Stanley Neufeld
Recorded by	Glen Glenn Sound Company