After leaving the Confederate cavalry, Gene becomes an undercover man in the Union army.After leaving the Confederate cavalry, Gene becomes an undercover man in the Union army.After leaving the Confederate cavalry, Gene becomes an undercover man in the Union army.
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G. Pat Collins
- Jim Colton
- (as Pat Collins)
Rudy Bowman
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Roy Butler
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Robert Carson
- Captain Wallace
- (uncredited)
Russell Custer
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
Bert Dodson
- Curley
- (uncredited)
Kenne Duncan
- 3rd Man Shot by Apache
- (uncredited)
Frank Ellis
- Cowhand
- (uncredited)
Lloyd Ford
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
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- Writer
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaColumbia studios reuses much of the mass action and crowd scenes from its 1940 film 'Arizona', a film it also cannibalized in 1955 for ' Apache Ambush'.
- Quotes
[Shadrach Jones has lost the trail of the Indians he was tracking.]
Gene Autry: I thought you were an old Indian scout!
Shadrach Jones: Yeah, but these aren't old Indians we're scoutin'.
- ConnectionsEdited from War Paint (1926)
Featured review
Fudging the Mold
Gene produced this entry, while Columbia distributed. I mention this because the programmer includes stock footage from Columbia that I'm sure they made available to Gene. It wasn't uncommon for budget productions to use stock footage for expensive scenes, and I'm sure shrewd businessman Autry did it in an entirely legal manner.
Anyhow, the movie is a better-than-average entry, with some unusual touches— for example, a longer run-time (70-minutes); Gene loses out more than usual; he shares good guy chores with Kirby Grant; and no buffoonery from Buttram in an unusual straight role. The plot's a fairly standard one where Gene helps pacify hostile Apaches and stop gun-running from an ex-Austrian nobleman and his half-Apache hit-man. There're lots of flying fists, but not much hard-riding or fast-shooting. There's also lots of striking desert scenery, along with a really good sing-along "Chatanooga ". Gail Davis doesn't get much screen time, but makes the most of what she has. All in all, I thought the programmer was an entertaining effort, breaking some of the standard matinée conventions.
A "7" on the matinée scale.
Anyhow, the movie is a better-than-average entry, with some unusual touches— for example, a longer run-time (70-minutes); Gene loses out more than usual; he shares good guy chores with Kirby Grant; and no buffoonery from Buttram in an unusual straight role. The plot's a fairly standard one where Gene helps pacify hostile Apaches and stop gun-running from an ex-Austrian nobleman and his half-Apache hit-man. There're lots of flying fists, but not much hard-riding or fast-shooting. There's also lots of striking desert scenery, along with a really good sing-along "Chatanooga ". Gail Davis doesn't get much screen time, but makes the most of what she has. All in all, I thought the programmer was an entertaining effort, breaking some of the standard matinée conventions.
A "7" on the matinée scale.
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- dougdoepke
- Nov 11, 2014
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- Also known as
- Frontera de los muertos
- Filming locations
- Wind River Reservation, Lander, Wyoming, USA(archive footage, Indians galloping across Wind River)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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