The Big Sombrero

The Big Sombrero

82 mins | Western | April 19, 1949

Gene is hired to be foreman of the Big Sombrero ranch by Jim Garland, who is handling all the business affairs of the owner, Estrellita Estrada, who is more interested in going to America than taking care of her Mexican holdings. Gene, discovering Garland's plan to run all the Mexican rancheros off the ranch, turns against his boss and shortly finds himself in the middle of cattle stampedes and an avalanche started by Garland's men.

The Big Sombrero

82 mins | Western | April 19, 1949

The Big Sombrero
Gene is hired to be foreman of the Big Sombrero ranch by Jim Garland, who is handling all the business affairs of the owner, Estrellita Estrada, who is more interested in going to America than taking care of her Mexican holdings. Gene, discovering Garland's plan to run all the Mexican rancheros off the ranch, turns against his boss and shortly finds himself in the middle of cattle stampedes and an avalanche started by Garland's men.
IMDb rating 5.4
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title The Big Sombrero
Directors Frank McDonald
Writers Olive Cooper

Cast

Gene Autry

as Gene Autry

Champion

as Gene's Horse

Elena Verdugo

as Estrellita Estrada

Stephen Dunne

as Jimmy Garland

George J. Lewis

as Juan Vazcaro

Vera Marshe

as Angie Burke

William Edmunds

as Don Luis Alvarado

Martín Garralaga

as Felipe Gonzales

Gene Roth

as Ben McBride

Neyle Morrow

as Tico