Television
The Gene Autry Show
Hot Lead and Old Lace
Flying A Pictures
Season 2, Episode 20 (2-20)
Production #46
Network: CBS
Running Time: 30 minutes
Black and White
Original Air Date:
Friday, February 15, 1952
Sponsor: Wrigley's Doublemint Chewing Gum
Brief Synopsis:
Gene and Pat help a courageous old lady defend a ranch after the owner is murdered.
Detailed Synopsis:
Foreman Gene Autry's boss Pete Munroe is killed by unidentified gunmen. Maud, Pete's elderly Boston niece with a mouthful of malapropisms and a body full of spirit and fire, arrives to take over the ranch. She is inclined to sell, but is persuaded by Gene to keep the property because Gene believes that old Pete's murderer must have wanted the ranch for unknown reasons. He has his hands full solving the enigma of why the modest Munroe ranch is worth two murders. Finally, with the help of pseudo-magician Pat Buttram, Gene tracks down the culprit, Chad Matthews, who had wanted to use the Munroe property for rustling activities.
Cast:
| Character: | Performer: |
| Gene Autry | Gene Autry |
| Pat Buttram | Pat Buttram |
| Maud Munroe | Mira McKinney |
| Chad Matthews | Harry Lauter |
| Pete Munroe | Steve Clark |
| Cody | Don Harvey |
| Max | Bob Wilke |
| Champion | Champion, World's Wonder Horse |
Songs:
| Home on the Range | Gene Autry |
Crew:
| Executive in charge of Production |
Armand Schaefer |
| Directed by | George Archainbaud |
| Producer | Louis Gray |
| Screenplay | Robert Schaefer and Eric Freiwald |
| Director of Photography | William Bradford, A.S.C. |
| Film Editor | Jodie Copelan |
| Musical Director | Carl Cotner |
| Music Supervisor | Irving Friedman |
| Musical Score | Walter Greene |
| Assistant Director | Stanley Neufeld |
| Recorded by | Glen Glenn Sound Company |
