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The Blazing Sun

By Horse...By Train...By Foot...GENE'S GUNS BLAZE FROM ALL SIDE to drive bank robbers into a desert trap...with the help of two gun-totin' gals!
Nov 20, 1950 · 1h 9m
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Western

PLOT

Gene Autry hunts bank robbers Al Bartlett and Trot Lucas with his old friend Mike. Bartlett, to throw off his pursuers, kills Trot and his own brother. When Kitty Bartlett comes to town claiming to be the slain Bartlett's widow, Gene has to save her from the irate townspeople who are not aware that her name isn't Bartlett but she really is the daughter of a law officer slain by Al Bartlett. Ben Luder, a local hood, tricks Bartlett back into town by saying he has to fixed to have Doc Larry Taylor do plastic surgery on him. En route they meet Doc and his assistant Helen Ellis and Ben's ruse is exposed. Bartlett kills Ben and forces Doc to drive him to the railroad. Gene, in a fight atop a runaway train, captures Bartlett.

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CAST

Gene Autry
Gene Autry
Lynne Roberts
Helen Ellis
Anne Gwynne
Kitty Kelly
Pat Buttram
Mike
Alan Hale Jr.
Ben Luber
Kenne Duncan
Al Bartlett
Champion
Champ - Gene's Horse
Edward Norris
Doc Larry Taylor
Directed by John English

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Columbia Pictures, Gene Autry Productions
Country
US

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