The Blazing Sun

The Blazing Sun (1950)

By Horse...By Train...By Foot...GENE'S GUNS BLAZE FROM ALL SIDE to drive bank robbers into a desert trap...with the help of two gun-totin' gals!

  • Genre: Western
  • Release Date: 1950-11-20
  • Runtime: 1h 9min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Columbia Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: John English

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Summary

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.

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  • Gene Autry

    as Gene Autry
  • Lynne Roberts

    as Helen Ellis
  • Anne Gwynne

    as Kitty Kelly
  • Pat Buttram

    as Mike
  • Alan Hale Jr.

    as Ben Luber
  • Kenne Duncan

    as Al Bartlett
  • Champion

    as Champ - Gene's Horse
  • Edward Norris

    as Doc Larry Taylor
  • Gregg Barton

    as Al Bartlett's Partner
  • Steve Darrell

    as Sheriff Phillips
  • Tom London

    as Tom Ellis
Production Armand Schaefer Producer
Camera William Bradford Director of Photography
Editing James Sweeney Editor
Costume & Make-Up Helen Hunt Hairstylist
Sound Frank Goodwin Sound
Art Harold H. MacArthur Art Direction
Art George Montgomery Set Decoration
Directing John English Director
Writing Jack Townley Writer
Production Gene Autry Executive Producer