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Film Info

Loaded Pistols

1949
Columbia Pictures
Production #: 905
79 minutes

Synopsis:
Seeking a mystery man who has killed his best friend in a poker game, Gene Autry finds a wild young cowboy, Larry Evans, hiding from a posse with his lovely sister, Mary. Evans' gun was the murder weapon. Gene, after subduing the buckaroo with a few well-directed blows, is convinced of his innocence and continues his search for the real killer. When ranchers Dave Randall and Don Mason express an interest in purchasing the Evans' worthless ranch, Gene becomes suspicious and accidentally discovers that a valuable lode of iron ore is underneath the ranch. Gene realizes that Evans has been implicated in the murder so that Randall and Mason can get rid of him and buy his ranch. In a clever restaging of the crime, with all suspects, Gene unmasks the killer in a suspenseful climax.

Cast:

Character: Performer:
Gene Autry Gene Autry
Mary Evans Barbara Britton
Sheriff Cramer Chill Wills
Dave Randall Jack Holt
Larry Evans Russell Arms
Don Mason Robert Shayne
Sam Gardner Vince Barnett
Jake Harper Leon Weaver
Bill Otis Fred Kohler
Jim Hedge Clem Bevans
Musical Group Cass County Boys
Champion Champion

Songs:

LOADED PISTOLS AND LOADED DICE Studio Singers
LOADED PISTOLS AND LOADED DICE Gene Autry
BLUE TAIL FLY Gene Autry
WHEN THE BLOOM IS ON THE SAGE Gene Autry
A BOY FROM TEXAS, A GIRL FROM TENNESSEE Gene Autry
LOADED PISTOLS AND LOADED DICE Gene Autry
PRETTY MARY Gene Autry and Cass County Boys
PRETTY MARY Gene Autry and Cast

Crew:

A Gene Autry Production
Director John English
Producer Armand Schaefer
Story and Screenplay Dwight Cummins, Dorothy Yost
Director of Photography William Bradford
Art Director Harold MacArthur
Film Editor Aaron Stell
Set Decorator David Montrose
Music Supervisor Paul Mertz
Musical Director Mischa Bakaleinikoff

Watch a Clip from Loaded Pistols: