Film Info
Goldtown Ghost Riders
1953
Columbia Pictures
Production #: 8128
59 minutes
Synopsis:
Circuit-riding judge Gene Autry must deal out swift six-gun justice when he learns (via flashback) that Jim Granby and Ed Wheeler are con-artists, who faked a gold rush in a western town, resulting in crazed miners attempting to strike it rich. When Wheeler's daughter returned from the East, he tried to repent. Granby would not allow it, so Wheeler murdered him by means of an explosion in a mine tunnel. During his ten year prison sentence, Wheeler learned that Granby was not really killed. Knowing that he cannot be tried again for the same crime due to Double Jeopardy, Wheeler kills Granby for certain after he is released from jail. Gene, with the help of dynamite salesman Smiley Burnette, tries to decide what to do, when Granby's gang murders Wheeler. Gene and Smiley trail the outlaws and find them mysteriously dead, justice apparently given by the ghost riders often talked about in local legend.
Cast:
Character: | Performer: |
Gene Autry | Gene Autry |
Smiley Burnette | Smiley Burnette |
Cathy Wheeler | Gail Davis |
Ed Wheeler | Kirk Riley |
Jim Granby | Carleton Young |
Teeno | Neyle Morrow |
Bernie Malloy | Denver Pyle |
Champion | Champion, World's Wonder Horse |
Songs:
PONCHO'S WIDOW | Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette |
THE THIEVIN' BURRO | Smiley Burnette |
GOLD MINE IN YOUR HEART | Gene Autry |
Cast:
A Gene Autry Production | |
Director | George Archainbaud |
Producer | Armand Schaefer |
Story and Screenplay | Gerald Geraghty |
Director of Photography | William Bradford, A.S.C. |
Art Director | George Brooks |
Film Editor | James Sweeney, A.C.E. |
Set Decorator | David Montrose |
Assistant Director | Paul Donnelly |
Musical Supervisor | Paul Mertz |
Musical Director | Mischa Bakaleinikoff |