Gold Mine in the Sky
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJoseph Kane
Screenplay by
Story byBetty Burbridge
Produced byCharles E. Ford (associate)
Starring
CinematographyWilliam Nobles
Music byAlberto Colombo
Production
company
Distributed byRepublic Pictures
Release date
  • July 4, 1938 (1938-07-04) (U.S.)
Running time
60 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Gold Mine in the Sky is a 1938 Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Carol Hughes. Based on a story by Betty Burbridge, the film is about a singing cowboy and ranch foreman who, as executor of the owner's will, must see that the daughter and heiress does not marry without his approval.[2]

Plot

Gene Autry plays a singing ranch foreman who, as executor of the will of the property's owner, must ensure that Cody, the daughter/heiress (played by Hughes) doesn't marry without his approval. Cody wishes to marry Larry Cummings (Craig Reynolds), but Gene refuses, prompting Cummings to attempt to have Gene killed. When this fails, Cummings then demands money so Cody stages a fake kidnapping to raise the funds. However, her plan backfires after Cummings learns about it and turns it into a real kidnapping.

Cast

Production

Stuntwork

Filming locations

Soundtrack

References

Citations
  1. ^ a b c Magers, p. 109.
  2. ^ a b c Magers, pp. 109–110.
Bibliography
  • George-Warren, Holly (2007). Public Cowboy no. 1: The Life and Times of Gene Autry. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195177466.
  • Green, Douglas B. (2002). Singing in the Saddle: The History of the Singing Cowboy. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press. ISBN 978-0826514127.
  • Magers, Boyd (2007). Gene Autry Westerns. Madison, NC: Empire Publishing, Inc. ISBN 978-0944019498.

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Films directed by Joseph Kane
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