Gaucho Serenade

Gaucho Serenade

66 mins | Drama, Comedy, Music, Western | May 9, 1940

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.

Gaucho Serenade

66 mins | Drama, Comedy, Music, Western | May 9, 1940

Gaucho Serenade
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.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Republic Pictures
Original title Gaucho Serenade
Directors Frank McDonald
Writers Betty Burbridge, Bradford Ropes

Cast

Gene Autry

as Gene Autry

Smiley Burnette

as Frog Millhouse

June Storey

as Joyce Halloway

Mary Lee

as Patsy Halloway

Duncan Renaldo

as Gaucho Don José

Clifford Severn

as Ronnie Willoughby

Lester Matthews

as Frederick Willoughby

Smith Ballew

as Buck Benson

Joseph Crehan

as Edward Martin

William Ruhl

as Henchman Carter

Wade Boteler

as Rancher

Ted Adams

as E.J. Jenkins

Wendell Niles

as Radio Announcer

Chuck Baldra

as Rancher

Buck Bucko

as Henchman

Fred Burns

as Cowhand

Ed Cassidy

as Customs Officer

Champion

as Champ

Jim Corey

as Henchman on Train

Kernan Cripps

as Police Radioman

Joe Dominguez

as Mexican Vaquero

José Eslava

as Orchestra Leader

Joel Friedkin

as Small Official

Olaf Hytten

as Norton School Headmaster

Jack Kirk

as Gas Station Attendant

George Lloyd

as Steve

Tom London

as Sheriff Tom Olson

Frankie Marvin

as Gas Station Attendant #2

Walter Miller

as George Blake

Gene Morgan

as Motorcycle Cop #2

Julian Rivero

as Mexican Rancher

Ralph Sanford

as Motorcycle Cop

Harry Strang

as Policeman

Al Taylor

as Deputy

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

as New York City Pier Worker

Fred Velasco

as Dancer

Mary Velasco

as Dancer

Hank Worden

as Farmer Driving Jalopy