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Release Date:
November 20, 1950
Original Title:
The Blazing Sun
Genres:
Western
Production Companies:
Columbia Pictures
Gene Autry Productions
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR
Runtime: 69
Gene Autry hunts bank robbers Al Bartlett and Trot Lucas with his old friend Mike. Bartlett, to throw off his pursuers, kills Trot and his own brother. When Kitty Bartlett comes to town claiming to be the slain Bartlett's widow, Gene has to save her from the irate townspeople who are not aware that her name isn't Bartlett but she really is the daughter of a law officer slain by Al Bartlett. Ben Luder, a local hood, tricks Bartlett back into town by saying he has to fixed to have Doc Larry Taylor do plastic surgery on him. En route they meet Doc and his assistant Helen Ellis and Ben's ruse is exposed. Bartlett kills Ben and forces Doc to drive him to the railroad. Gene, in a fight atop a runaway train, captures Bartlett.
Art Direction:
Harold H. MacArthur
Director:
John English
Director of Photography:
William Bradford
Editor:
James Sweeney
Executive Producer:
Gene Autry
Hairstylist:
Helen Hunt
Producer:
Armand Schaefer
Set Decoration:
George Montgomery
Sound:
Frank Goodwin
Writer:
Jack Townley
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