Gaucho Serenade

66 minutes

5/9/1940

Overview

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.

Cast List

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