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Film Info

Winning of the West

1953
Columbia Pictures
Production #: 8125
58 minutes

Synopsis:
Territorial Ranger Gene Autry is ordered to protect crusading publisher John Randolph and printer Smiley Burnette from some unscrupulous crooks who are using Indian raids as a cover-up for their bandit activities. When Gene's outlaw brother kills Randolph, Gene is suspected of being reluctant to capture him.

Cast:

Character: Performer:
Gene Autry Gene Autry
Smiley Burnette Smiley Burnette
Ann Randolph Gail Davis
Jack Austin Richard Crane
Art Selby Robert Livingston
Marshal Hackett House Peters, Jr.
Clint Raybold Gregg Barton
John Randolph William Forrest
Champion Champion, World's Wonder Horse

Songs:

FIVE MINUTES LATE Smiley Burnette
THE COWBOY BLUES Gene Autry
FETCH ME DOWN MY TRUSTY FORTY-FIVE Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette
I'M A COW-POKE POKIN' ALONG Gene Autry

Crew:

A Gene Autry Production
Director George Archainbaud
Producer Armand Schaefer
Story and Screenplay Norman S. Hall
Director of Photography William Bradford, A.S.C.
Art Director George Brooks
Film Editor James Sweeney, A.C.E.
Set Decorator Dave Montrose
Assistant Director Paul Donnelly
Musical Supervisor Paul Mertz
Musical Director Ross DiMaggio

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