List of the best Gene Autry movies: The Sagebrush Troubador(1935), Pack Train(1953), Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride(1940), Riders of the Whistling Pines(1949), Rancho Grande(1940), On Top of Old Smoky(1953), Guns and Guitars(1936), Cowboy Serenade(1942), Sioux City Sue(1946), Mountain Rhythm(1939), Sunset in Wyoming(1941), Blue Montana Skies(1939) ... ...
Western
USA
1935
57 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Barbara Pepper Fred Kelsey Frank Glendon Hooper Atchley Julian Rivero Denny Meadows
gene autry sidekick sheriff granddaughter uncle lawyer spirited amusing wild west small town law office mine household inheritance gold murder undercover operations music suspicion quest
A German noblewoman enters into a loveless marriage with the dim-witted, unstable heir to the Russian throne, then plots to oust him from power.
Western
USA
1953
57 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Gail Davis Kenne Duncan Sheila Ryan Tom London
singing cowboy settler bandit miner gunslinger friend melodramatic rousing suspenseful california valley wild west store homestead old west mining banditry dangerous mission transporting supplies law and order
Baddies McLain and Riker charge settlers what the traffic will bear for supplies. When Autry attempts to help out, the outlaws go after him.
Western
USA
1940
65 Minutes
gene autry cowboy competitor meatpacker sheriff business owner lighthearted spirited endearing meatpacking plant range ranch valley train american west romance competition business schemes sabotage
Overly shy cowboy Gene inherits a meat-packing plant, then faces stiff competition from snooty Ann Randolph, rival owner determined to do him in.
Western
USA
1949
72 Minutes
Gene Autry Patricia Barry Jimmy Lloyd Douglas Dumbrille Damian O'Flynn Clayton Moore Harry Cheshire Leon Weaver Loie Bridge Jerry Scoggins Bert Dodson
hunter forest ranger lumberjack daughter sidekick gene autry suspenseful engaging forest mountain hunting lodge camp deception murder guilt investigation chase mystery pursuit 1940s
When asked about the Ghost Riders song he sings, Gene Autry (Gene Autry) tells this legend: Gene is about to resign as an investigator for the county attorney and go into the cattle ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1940
68 Minutes
gene autry foreman brother sister attorney ranch hand rousing engaging endearing ranch american west train church debt schemes inheritance land dispute dams mortgage rivalry
Kay and her eastern clan go out West to run the ranch left her by her grandfather. Badguys are out to ruin the ranch's irrigation system, so Autry lends a hand.
Western
USA
1953
59 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Gail Davis Grandon Rhodes Sheila Ryan Kenne Duncan
performer sidekick toll road operator doctor gambler gene autry spirited engaging heartwarming texas saloon jail frontier stage music law and order crime murder land dispute mistaken identity
Poachers are harassing toll road owner Jen Larrabee. They want her land because it holds valuable minerals. Autry and the Cass County Boys, mistaken for Texas Rangers, help out.
Western
USA
1936
58 Minutes
sheriff gene autry sidekick daughter veterinarian criminal rousing spirited engaging ranch texas hotel small town canyon murder frame-up justice election cattle outlaws
After being framed for murdering the sheriff, Gene proves his innocence, then gets elected sheriff to go after the baddie who framed him.
Western
USA
1942
66 Minutes
Gene Autry
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Fay McKenzie Cecil Cunningham Rand Brooks Addison Richards Tristram Coffin Slim Andrews Melinda Leighton John Berkes Forrest Taylor
gene autry sidekick gambler father daughter girlfriend engaging suspenseful spirited cattle ranch train saloon bar car ranchers gambling cheating murder plot abduction schemes
Gene goes after a gambling ring and learns it is headed by McKenzie's father.
Western
USA
1946
69 Minutes
Gene Autry Lynne Roberts Sterling Holloway Richard Lane Ralph Sanford Helen Wallace Pierre Watkin Ken Lundy
gene autry ranch hand casting director executive hollywood producer horse hilarious frenetic uplifting ranch hollywood, calif. movie studio recording studio theater city vs. country hollywood filmmaking relocation human-animal friendship quest
Utilizing a script from 1939's "She Married a Cop" with a 1946 Hit Parade song for the title, Gene Autry's screen return following his WW II Army Air Corps service, "Sioux City Sue" has ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1939
61 Minutes
Gene Autry
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette June Storey Maude Eburne Ferris Taylor Jack Pennick Hooper Atchley Jack Ingram
gene autry sidekick aunt hobo rancher developer lighthearted thrilling campy spirited american west ranch town valley land wars auction robbery teamwork unlikely allies theft
Standard western fare: Gene has to save the ignorant and naive from underhanded land grabs by the baddies.
Western
USA
1941
65 Minutes
Gene Autry
gene autry manager foreman company president sidekick granddaughter spirited engaging endearing gutsy ranch country club valley wyoming city forest flooding deforestation friendship conservationism
By stripping all the timber from the land, a lumber baron threatens everyone with flooding. Gene won't let that happen.
Western
USA
1939
56 Minutes
Gene
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette June Storey Harry Woods Tully Marshall Alan Bridge Glenn Strange Dorothy Granger Edmund Cobb
gene autry sidekick rancher smuggler henchman marshal spirited rousing positive frontier montana canadian border cattle ranch range fur trade cattle ranchers justice undercover operations smuggling murder
Autry follows a clue written on a rock by a dead man to get to a smuggling operation near the Canadian border.
Western
USA
1947
72 Minutes
Gene Autry Lynne Roberts Sterling Holloway Irving Bacon Damian O'Flynn Charles Arnt Jean Van Tom London
gene autry old friend landowner lawyer board member sister gutsy rousing engaging spirited lake ranch corporate headquarters office american west property rights corruption debt business false accusations
Someone is trying to drive wealthy land owner Waldo Brooks into bankruptcy, and Gene is just the guy to expose the badguys.
Western
USA
1953
56 Minutes
fur trapper singing cowboy settler henchman native american cowgirl confident spirited thrilling michigan valley house forest american west homestead intimidation fur trade undercover operations old west law and order
Hamilton's Rangers, led by our hero Gene, must keep the Indians in the northern Michigan territory from attacking the settlers.
Western
USA
1950
69 Minutes
Gene Autry Pat Buttram Sheila Ryan Robert Randall Frank Jaquet Vince Barnett Syd Saylor Sandy Sanders
prospector marshal sheriff banker contractor gene autry spirited rousing endearing desert small town river mine old west schemes corruption construction law and order romance justice
Loosely based on Frankie Laine's popular record with the same title, Gene protects his friend's claim from badguy Sam Brady.
Western
USA
1947
76 Minutes
rancher ranch owner land baron son indian singing cowboy spirited engaging thrilling american west ranch desert mesa city, ariz. land grab relocation old west schemes law and order native americans discovery
Gene is assigned to round up a tribe of Indians squatting on barren land.
Western
USA
1938
58 Minutes
Gene Autry
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Shirley Deane Tommy Ryan Walter Tetley David Gorcey Stanley Andrews William Pawley
gene autry sheriff sidekick old friend shopkeeper child suspenseful amusing melodramatic ranch sheriff's office barn general store town adoption cattle rustling death of father family scam inheritance
Gene takes care of three tough kids sent west from Chicago after their father died and left them a cattle ranch. They help him catch a bunch of rustlers.
Western
USA
1941
61 Minutes
Gene
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Virginia Dale Mary Lee Spencer Charters Gerald Oliver Smith George Meeker Wade Boteler Harry Stubbs Jack Kirk
gene autry sidekick rancher cattleman landowner villain endearing charming wild west prairie ranch party ranchers community land dispute justice greed quest sacrifice rivalry
If a young lady gives up her inheritance the local ranchers will lose their free grazing land.
Western
USA
1942
78 Minutes
Gene
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Virginia Grey Lucien Littlefield Morgan Conway Claire DuBrey
gene autry love interest sidekick manager businessman rodeo owner endearing thrilling rousing rodeo american west madison square garden manhattan, n.y. paddock horsemanship competition business scheme show business law and order sabotage
When her competitor gets too rough rodeo owner Jennifer gets help from Gene.
Western
USA
1942
68 Minutes
Gene Autry
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Fay McKenzie Edith Fellows Pierre Watkins Joe Strauch Jr. William Haade
gene autry sidekick teen girl teacher traveler rancher endearing spirited ranch train american west prairie paddock journey ranching rodeo honesty rural life schemes quest
Gene and Smiley help an all-too-proper girl Connie in her attempt to run a cattle ranch.
Western
USA
1939
61 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette June Storey Buster Crabbe Robert Barrat
gene autry sidekick band member sheriff veterinarian dairy owner airy charming colorado dairy countryside highway sheriff's office land grab corrupt police cattle show business dairy farming justice pursuit
Gene and his buddies discover that the ranch they bought is really a dairy farm. And worse, it's subject to intimidation from a protection racket that prevents dairy products from safely reaching the market.
Western
USA
1941
64 Minutes
Gene Autry
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Fay McKenzie Frank M. Thomas Robert Homans Earle Hodgins Dorothy Christy Kermit Maynard
rancher gene autry partner banker pilot sheriff spirited suspenseful uplifting ranch small town sheriff's office airplane hangar field ranching mysterious deaths agriculture investigation cattle mystery
Gene is a government inspector looking into what's killing cattle. The ranchers want to burn the area to clear of a poisonous weed, but Gene favors chemical spray from an airplane.
Western
USA
1950
69 Minutes
Gene Autry Pat Buttram Jo Dennison Don Beddoe James Millican Don Reynolds Hugh O'Brian Roy Gordon
gene autry judge son saloon owner brother bank manager spirited confident small town saloon bank law office dance hall hideout bank robbery frame-up father/son relationship murder gambling will and testament
Hick town sheriff Gene must arrest Jack Beaumont even though he believe Jack innocent of his father's murder. Which, of course, he sets out to prove.
Western
USA
1950
70 Minutes
Gene Autry Gail Davis Harry Shannon Jock Mahoney Clark "Buddy" Burroughs Harry Harvey Steve Darrell Sandy Sanders Ralph Sanford Bud Osborne Robert Hilton
gene autry neighbor rancher sheriff brother partner spirited engaging stagecoach range jail mountain ranch town range war ranchers debt jailbreak cattle rustling stampedes
Gene responds to cattle rustling by stringing barbed wire all around his range.
Western
USA
1935
54 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Lucile Browne George "Gabby" Hayes
cowboy rancher homesteader sheriff ex-girlfriend childhood friend rousing endearing airy wild west small town cattle ranch land wars murder accusation vigilantism family honor redemption shady dealings fall mystery
After a five year absence Gene returns home to find his father murdered and his boyhood pal accused of the dastardly deed.
Western
USA
1939
60 Minutes
Gene Autry
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Noah Beery Luana Walters William Farnum William Royle
gene autry sidekick beautiful woman mexican swindler radio personality suspenseful melodramatic uplifting orphanage wilderness oil well mexico mission radio station swindling deception teamwork radio investigation
Bad guys interested in oil profits attempt to take a mission away from poor Mexican children, but Gene and Frog save the day.
Western
USA
1935
61 Minutes
gene autry sidekick daughter rancher bandit gypsy lighthearted cheery rodeo ranch trail town camp ranchers thievery singing kidnapping father/daughter relationship cattle rustling quest
Gene goes after the badguys after they kidnap the baby he should have been babysitting.
Western
USA
1941
64 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Carol Hughes Frank Darien Joe Strauch Jr. Pauline Drake Ivan Miller Sam Flint
gene autry love interest lawyer sidekick henchman friend engaging suspenseful spirited endearing texas ranch mine jail town inheritance schemes land dispute murder plot unlikely romance
Gene inherits a gold mine and a whole lot of trouble as well.
Western
USA
1952
62 Minutes
Gene Autry Pat Buttram Carolina Cotton Harry Lauter Mary Scott Sydney Mason Francis X. Bushman Gregg Barton Tom London Byron Foulger Frank Matts
sidekick frontier woman outlaw gang leader gene autry native american rousing engaging tense desert house office small town headquarters washington, d.c. undercover operations crime old west banditry law and order
When a white man sets out to keep Indians drunk so they'll do what he wants them to, the US government sends Autry to fix things.
Western
USA
1940
84 Minutes
Gene Autry
Gene Autry Jimmy Durante Ann Miller Barton MacLane George "Gabby" Hayes Jerome Cowan Mary Lee Joe Sawyer
gene autry singer cowboy nemesis sheriff judge campy charming amusing torpedo, ariz. town celebration radio performers justice gunfight murder cowboys rivalry adventure 1940s
His Arizona hometown of Torpedo invites Gene back to be the honorary sheriff of the Frontier Days Celebration.
Western
USA
1949
70 Minutes
Gene Autry Nan Leslie Thurston Hall Clem Bevans Walter Sande Jock Mahoney Francis Macdonald Alan Hale Jr.
thief convict gene autry outlaw father horse engaging spirited rousing ghost town canyon jail wild west frontier jailbreak crime theft banditry old west law and order
Gene Autry's stolen horse turns up in a ghost town where Gene goes after he is left stranded during a stagecoach race.
Western
USA
1941
73 Minutes
Gene
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Mary Lee Edward Norris Jacqueline Wells Addison Richards Arthur Loft Edmund Elton
cowboy rancher mine owner sidekick friend positive spirited charming arizona ranch wild west new york city showdown anger new job pollution prison family business rescue wretched excess
After Gene discovers copper on his ranch, Bennett tries to get control of the fortune by framing him in a jail-break.
Western
USA
1938
57 Minutes
Gene Autry
gene autry ranch owner sidekick club owner henchman aunt spirited suspenseful engaging gutsy ranch hideout nightclub nevada frame-up rodeo bribery contract murder sabotage
Gene is the foreman at the ranch owned by wealthy rodeo owner Maureen. She will lose her rodeo contract unless sales improve.
Western
USA
1947
71 Minutes
Gene Autry Lynne Roberts Sterling Holloway Adele Mara James Cardwell John Kellogg
gene autry sheriff accomplice gang leader partner boyfriend lighthearted confident texas boardinghouse shop town hideout ranch bank robbery deception betrayal false accusations hostage situation singing
A gang of bank robbers arrive at Gene's ranch. Gene winds up chasing them around the west.
Western
USA
1950
70 Minutes
Gene Autry Pat Buttram Gail Davis Kirby Grant James Griffith Philip Van Zandt
scout general henchman lieutenant gene autry soldier engaging thrilling tense american west house stagecoach frontier raids reconstruction dangerous assignment undercover operations american civil war military discovery
After leaving the Confederate cavalry, Gene becomes an undercover man in the Union army.
Western
USA
1936
56 Minutes
Gene
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Lois Wilde Lon Chaney Ann Gillis Earle Hodgins Ken Cooper Jack Rockwell
gene autry daughter partner sidekick boss singer positive engaging ranch caravan small town mine courtroom hospital greed murder ranchers mining disability surgery
Gene heads for the big city to convince a coffee company to sponsor a radio broadcast so he can raise the money for an operation which will save a girl from being crippled for life.
Western
USA
1951
70 Minutes
Gene Autry Pat Buttram Gail Davis Harry Lauter Russell Hayden Christine Larson Terry Frost Barbara Stanley
mayor gene autry miner gambler bride-to-be sheriff melodramatic thrilling rousing california mining camp desert wild west frontier quartz creek arranged marriage banditry human trafficking kidnapping law and order
Mayor Autry sends for a wagon train of women to settle in his town, but baddies Guilford and Rawlings plot to hijack the train and sell the ladies to love-hungry miners instead.
Western
USA
1952
61 Minutes
Gene Autry Pat Buttram Anne James William Fawcett Leonard Penn Michael Vallon Terry Frost Clayton Moore Ed Parker Sandy Sanders
gene autry real estate agent newspaper reporter homesteader investor rancher spirited rousing engaging kansas texas homestead frontier wild west land grab schemes railroad frontier life cattle drives law and order
When the Texas cattle trails to Kansas are blocked, cattle buyer Gene Autry (Gene Autry) goes to Texas to investigate. There, he finds his friend, land-agent "Buckeye" Buttram (Pat Buttram)... See full summary »
Western
USA
1936
54 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Hope Manning Sons of the Pioneers Cornelius Keefe Lon Chaney John Bradford Milburn Morante Abe Lefton Merrill McCormick
gangster witness singer sheriff saloon owner mobster rousing lighthearted arizona nightclub bus chicago saloon witnessing murder on the run murder organized crime investigation cowboys escape
As the sheriff of a small western town, Autry sings his way into a relationship with Eleanor, a singer from a Chicago nightclub who earlier witnessed a murder.
Western
USA
1938
60 Minutes
Gene Autry
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Jean Rouverol Esther Muir Joe Frisco Frank Darien Margaret Armstrong Harry Holman Edward Raquello Ben Hewlett
rancher sidekick singing cowboy outlaw fiancé young woman endearing engaging charming american west ranch farmhouse prairie range old west land grab romance law and order natural resources crime
Knowing that is contains valuable helium gas, a gang of bad guys first tries to purchase the ranch which Gene straw-bosses. When that fails, they lay a hidden pipeline to snag the gas.
Comedy, Western
USA
1937
70 Minutes
Gene Autry, Tom Ford
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Kay Hughes Sally Payne William Newell Max Terhune Charles Judels Rex King Harry Worth Mary Russell Christine Maple
movie star look-alike agent rancher fiancée gangster charming positive dallas backstage street office fair show business love triangle impersonation gambling deception adventure love
At the Texas Centennial in Dallas Autry confuses two girls by being himself and his own stunt double.
Western
USA
1937
60 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Judith Allen Ronald Sinclair Guy Usher Bill Elliott John Ward Frankie Marvin Chris-Pin Martin Stanley Blystone Bud Osborne
earl solicitor foreman sidekick rival rancher charming amusing positive ranch countryside military base texas land dispute competition horse racing gambling inheritance transformation rivalry
Young Englishman inherits ranch which he wants to sell, but Gene's gonna turn him into a real westerner instead..
Western
USA
1936
59 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Frances Grant Earle Hodgins Donald Kirke Boothe Howard Clara Kimball Young Frankie Marvin Edward Piel Sr. Carl Stockdale
gene autry cowboy outlaw sidekick professor spirited gripping thrilling prison wild west train false accusations mistaken identity identity theft crime spree redemption prison break adventure pursuit 19th century
While riding to Mineral Springs Autry is robbed by thieves and then tossed off the train.
Western
USA
1941
76 Minutes
Gene
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Mary Lee Carol Adams Ferris Taylor Georgia Caine Byron Foulger Ralf Harolde
gene autry outlaw partner father boat captain daughter creative engaging rousing showboat bank crime scene stage parade wild west robbery justice investigation law and order american west
Gene's investigation of a bank robbery takes him to a showboat. There he finds that teenage singer Patsy's father has been working with the robbers to provide for her future.
Western
USA
1937
60 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Judith Allen Weldon Heyburn William Farnum Willie Fung Carleton Young
gene autry rancher oil driller businessman villain banker rousing engaging gutsy ranch oil well bank radio station town ranchers oil business attempted robbery deception schemes railroad
When war breaks out between oilmen and cattle ranchers, Gene sides with the ranchers until he learns that oil will bring a railroad to town.
Western
USA
1937
62 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Betty Bronson Roy Mason Charles Middleton Russell Simpson Jack Dougherty Guy Wilkerson Frankie Marvin Henry Hall Fred S. Toones
gene autry rancher father son cattle rustler turpentiner engaging rousing thrilling confident georgia forest ranch jail small town schemes land dispute murder frame-up cattle rustling
The old west range war story transported to Georgia, with Autry as the hero.
Western
USA
1937
60 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Polly Rowles Ula Love Ruth Bacon Jane Hunt George Chesebro Alan Bridge Tom London Edmund Cobb Frankie Marvin
ranch owner rancher gene autry businesswoman sidekick college graduate positive winsome spirited ranch wild west house family business inheritance schemes advice inexperience ranching rescue love
Ranch owner Sandra, fresh from animal husbandry school, brings a flock of sheep into cattle country. The local ranchers don't like it, and ranch foreman Gene must deal with it.
Western
USA
1937
59 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Ann Rutherford William Farnum James C. Morton Frank LaRue Maston Williams Arthur Loft Frankie Marvin House Peters Jr.
cowboy gene autry cattle rustler sheriff pilot spirited engaging winsome wild west sheriff's office ranch airplane cattle rustling law enforcement technology culture clash investigation pursuit adventure 1930s
Rustlers using modern technology (airplanes, shortwave radios, refrigerated trucks) are Gene's target.
Western
USA
1938
60 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Joan Valerie Sammy McKim Roy Rogers Ivan Miller Earle Dwire Hooper Atchley Ray Bennett Carleton Young Frankie Marvin
gene autry sidekick gunslinger businessman radio producer cowboy patriotic thrilling moving fair radio station ranch small town modernization technology agriculture swindling radio horses underdog
Autry and his buddies have a horse selling business which is threatened by a tractor company which claims horses are out of date.
Western
USA
1937
63 Minutes
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Kay Hughes Monte Blue George J. Lewis Max Terhune Robert Homans Lloyd Whitlock Chief Thundercloud
gene autry sidekick texas ranger saloon owner native american love interest striking confident airy frontier texas town square saloon jail cowboys american indian wars protection changing times undercover operations adventure
Gene is a Texas Ranger working under cover to protect an Army wagon train full of ammunition and supplies. The Army doesn't believe him at first, until the Commanches arrive.