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Film Info

Trail to San Antone

1947
Republic Pictures
Production #: 1601
67 minutes

Synopsis:
Returning from service after a long absence, Gene Autry meets and befriends a young jockey, Ted Malloy, whose career has been cut short by injuries suffered in an "accident" caused by the trickery of an unscrupulous horse trainer, Cal Young. Gene and the gang must win a horse race to rid themselves of the crooked trainer.

Cast:

Character: Performer:
Gene Autry Gene Autry
Kit Barlow Peggy Stewart
Droopy Stearns Sterling Holloway
Rick Malloy William Henry
Ted Malloy John Duncan
Cal Young Tristram Coffin
"Commodore" Dorothy Vaughan
Sheriff Jones Edward Keane
Sam Ralph Peters
Cass County Boys Cass County Boys
Champion Champion, Wonder Horse of the West

Songs:

DOWN THE TRAIL TO SAN ANTONE Gene Autry
THE COWBOY BLUES Cass County Boys
SHAME ON YOU Gene Autry, Cass County Boys
THAT'S MY HOME Gene Autry, Cass County Boys
BY THE RIVER OF THE ROSES Gene Autry
THE COWBOY Cass County Boys
DOWN THE TRAIL TO SAN ANTONE Gene Autry, Cass County Boys

Crew:

Director John English
Associate Producer Armand Schaefer
Original Screenplay Jack Natteford, Luci Ward
Photography William Bradford
Musical Director Morton Scott
Musical Score Joseph Dubin
Film Editor Charles Craft
Sound Fred Stahl
Art Director Gano Chittenden
Costume Supervision Adele Palmer
Set Decorations John McCarthy, Jr., Earl Wooden
Special Effects Howard and Theodore Lydecker
Makeup Supervision Bob Mark

Watch a Clip from Trail to San Antone: