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Riders in the Sky

5.2 69 mins Comedy   Drama   Music   Western   1949
Columbia Pictures  
Director(s): John English

When asked about the Ghost Riders song he sings, Gene Autry tells this legend: Gene is about to resign as an investigator for the county attorney and go into the cattle business with his pal Chuckawalla Jones but decides instead to help Anne Lawson clear her father, rancher Ralph Lawson, of a false murder charge. He looks for the three witnesses who can testify that Lawson shot only in self defense in killing a gambler, but the witnesses are terrorized by another gambler, town boss Rock McCleary, who shoots witness Pop Roberts Morgan. Fatally wounded, Pop gives Gene the information needed to clear Lawson, then dies crying the "Ghost Riders" are coming for him. Gene then heads for a showdown with McCleary.

Casts of Riders in the Sky

Gene Autry

as Gene Autry

Champion

as Champ, Gene's Horse

Gloria Henry

as Anne Lawson

Pat Buttram

as 'Chuckwalla'

Mary Beth Hughes

as Julie Stewart

Robert Livingston

as 'Rock' McCleary

Steve Darrell

as Ralph Lawson

Alan Hale Jr.

as Marshal Riggs

Tom London

as Old Man Robert

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