Film Info
Saginaw Trail
1953
Columbia Pictures
Production #: 8151
57 minutes
Synopsis:
In 1827, the fur empire of Jules Brissac in Michigan's Saginaw Valley wilderness is threatened by advancing settlers. Miller Webb, Brissac's henchman, disguised as an Indian, leads renegade Delaware Indians against the settlers. Young settler Randy Lane is rescued from such a raid by Gene Autry, a captain in Hamilton's Rangers sent to investigate the murders of the settlers. Gene's assistant, Smiley Burnette, poses as a fur trapper and gets a job around Brissac's trading post. Gene and Smiley, aided by Randy and Flora Tourney, Brissac's niece, find evidence pointing to the guilt of Brissac and Webb, and round them up to make the region safe for settlers.
Cast:
| Character: | Performer: |
| Gene Autry | Gene Autry |
| Smiley Burnette | Smiley Burnette |
| Flora Tourney | Connie Marshall |
| Jules Brissac | Eugene Borden |
| Randy Lane | Ralph Reed |
| Phillip Brissac | Henry Blair |
| Miller Webb | Myron Healey |
| Jean Leblanc | Mickey Simpson |
| Little Champ | Little Champ |
| Champion | Champion, World's Wonder Horse |
Songs:
| MAM'SELLE | Smiley Burnette |
| BEAUTIFUL DREAMER | Gene Autry |
| YANKEE DOODLE | Smiley Burnette |
| WHEN IT'S PRAYER MEETIN' TIME IN THE HOLLOW | Gene Autry |
Crew:
| A Gene Autry Production | |
| Directed by | George Archainbaud |
| Produced by | Armand Schaefer |
| Story and Screenplay by | Dorothy Yost, Dwight Cummins |
| Director of Photography | William Bradford, A.S.C. |
| Art Director | Ross Bellah |
| Film Editor | James Sweeney, A.C.E. |
| Set Decorator | Louis Diage |
| Assistant Director | Carter DeHaven, Jr. |
| Musical Supervisor | Paul Mertz |
| Musical Director | Mischa Bakaleinikoff |
