Public Cowboy No. 1 (1937)

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Rustlers using modern technology (airplanes, shortwave radios, refrigerated trucks) are Gene's target.

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  • Frank Ellis, William Farnum, Arthur Loft, and George Plues in Public Cowboy No. 1 (1937)
  • Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Frank Ellis, William Farnum, Arthur Loft, George Plues, Ann Rutherford, and Champion in Public Cowboy No. 1 (1937)
  • Public Cowboy No. 1 (1937)
  • Gene Autry, James C. Morton, and Ann Rutherford in Public Cowboy No. 1 (1937)
  • Gene Autry, William Farnum, and Ann Rutherford in Public Cowboy No. 1 (1937)
  • Gene Autry in Public Cowboy No. 1 (1937)

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17 March 2009 | thefensk
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| Most Bizarre Opening Scene in a Western
This is a pretty typical early Gene Autry Western. Cowpokes and cattle and horses and cars/trucks/airplanes ... yeehaw.

Anyway, the most unusual scene in this movie, very subtle indeed, is the opening sequence. Gene, ridin' and singin' along, the titles rolling by. Check out behind him and see if you see anything odd.

What's that? Looks like a dummy or something. No, it's Smiley Burnette, riding backwards with a forward facing mask on the back of his head. Even funnier, once the titles and song are finished, Gene and another guy have a long conversation before they even mention the bizarre Smiley and his "disguise" ...

His explanation: It was a disguise so that he could keep an eye out so no one could sneak up on them from behind. Ah, Smiley. Ah, humanity.

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Quotes

Deputy Sheriff Gene Autry: Where's that new editor who's been writing all those mean things about Sheriff Doniphon?
Helen Morgan: Why?
Deputy Sheriff Gene Autry: Because I'm gonna poke him in the nose!
Helen Morgan: Allright. Go ahead and poke: I'm the editor.

Goofs

After Frog Millhouse (Smiley Burnette) falls off the refrigerated meat truck where he was dangling on a meat hook, the back of his jacket no longer has a hole in it where the hook would have been.

Soundtracks

Wanderers
(1937) (uncredited)
(also known as "Wanderers of the Wasteland")
Written by Felix Bernard and Paul Francis Webster
Sung by Gene Autry, William Farnum, and others
Reprised by them at the end

Storyline

Plot Summary

Genres

Action | Drama | Music | Western

Details

Release Date:

23 August 1937

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

Kernville, California, USA

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