The Big Show

The Big Show

71 mins | Drama, Action, Romance, Music, Western | Nov. 16, 1936

At the Texas Centennial in Dallas Autry confuses two girls by being himself and his own stunt double. When cowboy star Tom Ford disappears, Wilson gets his double Gene Autry to impersonate him. But Ford owes gangster Rico $10,000 and Rico arrives to collect. He fails to get the money but learns that Autry is an impersonator and now blackmails Wilson and his movie studio. Original version runs 71 minutes, edited version runs 59 minutes.

The Big Show

71 mins | Drama, Action, Romance, Music, Western | Nov. 16, 1936

The Big Show
At the Texas Centennial in Dallas Autry confuses two girls by being himself and his own stunt double. When cowboy star Tom Ford disappears, Wilson gets his double Gene Autry to impersonate him. But Ford owes gangster Rico $10,000 and Rico arrives to collect. He fails to get the money but learns that Autry is an impersonator and now blackmails Wilson and his movie studio. Original version runs 71 minutes, edited version runs 59 minutes.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers
Original title The Big Show
Directors Mack V. Wright
Writers Stuart E. McGowan, Dorrell McGowan

Cast

Gene Autry

as Gene Autry/Tom Ford

Smiley Burnette

as Frog

Kay Hughes

as Marion Hill

Sally Payne

as Toodles Brown

William Newman

as Lee Wilson

Max Terhune

as Ventriloquist

Charles Judels

as Swartz - Studio Head

Champion

as Champion - Studio Horse

Rex King

as Fred Collins

Mary Russell

as Mary