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Gaucho Serenade
“It's Gene at his best ! Singing, riding, fighting his way into great new adventure !”
6.5 / 10• 1940• 1h 6m•NR• English
ComedyDramaMusicWestern
Storyline
Gene Autry and sidekick Frog Millhouse depart Madison Square Garden and NYC heading west for home in their car and a horse trailer carrying Gene's horse, Champion. They discover that Ronnie Willoughby, a young boy just off the boat from school in England, has hitched a ride, thinking that Gene and Frog were sent by his father to meet him. Ronnie thinks his father is a big rancher in the west and doesn't know that his father, Alfred Willoughby, is serving time in San Quentin prison because of a frame-up by the officials of a packing company. To keep the father from testifying against them, the packing company officials, Carter, Jenkins and Martin, have arranged for the boy to be kidnapped. Along the way a runaway bride, Joyce Halloway, and her young sister Patsy join the troupe.
Cast & Crew
Gene Autry
Gene Autry
Lead
Smiley Burnette
Frog Millhouse
June Storey
Joyce Halloway
Mary Lee
Patsy Halloway
Duncan Renaldo
Gaucho Don José
CS
Clifford Severn
Ronnie Willoughby
Lester Matthews
Frederick Willoughby
Smith Ballew
Buck Benson
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Frank McDonald's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Gaucho Serenade is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
