Television
The Gene Autry Show
Johnny Jackaroo
Flying A Pictures
Season 4, Episode 2 (4-02)
Production #63
Network: CBS
Running Time: 30 minutes
Black and White
Original Air Date:
Tuesday, July 13, 1954
Sponsor: Wrigley's Doublemint Chewing Gum
Brief Synopsis:
Pat plans a make-believe stage robbery to frighten some sense into Johnny, his boss’ eleven-year-old nephew.
Detailed Synopsis:
Johnny, the eleven-year-old nephew of Gene Autry and Pat Buttram's boss Lynne Moore, comes west from Philadelphia full of misapprehensions about the wide-open spaces. His attitude earns him the nickname "Johnny Jackaroo." Pat is so irritated by the incorrigible lad that he plans a mock stage robbery, which proves only too real. The culprits dress as Gene and Pat, fooling all witnesses, including Johnny. This puts the cowboys between a hard riding posse and the actual gunmen. With Johnny's juvenile detection to help them, Gene and Pat face down the real culprits and prove to Johnny that there is a lot more to life than what meets the human eye.
Cast:
| Character: | Performer: |
| Gene Autry | Gene Autry |
| Pat Buttram | Pat Buttram |
| Lynne Moore | Ann Doran |
| Ron Williams | Harry Lauter |
| Steve Harper | William Fawcett |
| Sheriff | Denver Pyle |
| Johnny Moore | B.G. Norman |
| Stan | Henry Rowland |
| Salesman | Gregg Barton |
| Champion | Champion, World's Wonder Horse |
Songs:
| Gone with the West | Gene Autry |
Crew:
| Executive in charge of Production |
Armand Schaefer |
| Directed by | Ross Lederman |
| Producer | Louis Gray |
| Screenplay | Robert Schaefer & Eric Freiwald |
| Director of Photography | William Bradford, A.S.C. |
| Film Editor | William Ziegler, A.C.E. |
| Musical Director | Carl Cotner |
| Music Supervisor | Irving Friedman |
| Musical Score | Walter Greene |
| Assistant Director | Gilbert Kay |
| Recorded by | Glen Glenn Sound Company |
