Rhythm of the Saddle

Plot

Its somewhat risible title aside (how can a saddle have rhythm?), this is one of the better Gene Autry westerns of the late 1930s. The story is built around a Frontier Week rodeo, owned by pretty Maureen (Peggy Moran). Despite doing land-office buisness, Maureen is in danger of losing the rodeo thanks to the chicanery of villain Pomeroy (Leroy Mason). But trick rider Autry and his saddle pal Frog (Smiley Burnette) can be counted upon to come to the rescue, even though he finds himself at the mercy of Pomeroy's minions somewhere during the fourth reel. One of the minor characters is played by Archie Hall, the legendary wheeler-dealer later immortalized in the 1961 Jack Webb picture The Last Time I Saw Archie. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast

• Gene Autry - Gene
• Smiley Burnette - Frog
• Pert Kelton - Aunt Hattie
• Peggy Moran - Maureen
• LeRoy Mason - Pameroy

Arthur Loft - Chase; Ethan Laidlaw - Tex Robinson; Walter de Palma - Leach; Arch Hall Sr. - Rusty; Eddie Hart - Alec; Eddie Acuff - Dixie Erwin; William Norton Bailey; Champion (The Horse); Curley Dresden; Jack Kirk; Tom London; Emmett Vogan; Roger Williams; Rudy Sooter; Jim Mason

Credit

George Sherman - Director, Les Orlebeck - Editor, Jack A. Marta - Cinematographer, Harry Grey - Producer, Paul Franklin - Screenwriter

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